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To: grania

They want the dams to *go away* - they just drained and removed the Hetch Hetchee dam out there.


17 posted on 02/19/2017 1:24:23 AM PST by Spktyr (Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
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To: Spktyr

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hetch_Hetchy#Proposed_restoration


18 posted on 02/19/2017 1:45:49 AM PST by Paladin2 (No spellcheck. It's too much work to undo the auto wrong word substitution on mobile devices.)
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To: Spktyr
You can't make this stuff up: ( from Wikipedia )

The dam would not have to be completely removed; rather, it would only be necessary to cut a hole through the base in order to drain the water and restore natural flows of the Tuolumne River. Most of the dam would remain in place, both to avoid the enormous costs of demolition and removal, and to serve as a monument for the workers who built it.[68] The water storage provided at Hetch Hetchy could be transferred into Lake Don Pedro lower on the Tuolumne River by raising the New Don Pedro Dam 30 ft (9.1 m). Water could be diverted into the Kirkwood and Moccasin Powerhouses using lower-impact diversion dams, providing power generation on a seasonal basis, and the enlarged height at Don Pedro would also increase power generation there.

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The Don Pedro is one of those sprawling flood plain reservoirs, much like Oroville. How can you moan and whine over the Hetch Hetchy, and just dump it all on the Don Pedro? I takes a liberal!

20 posted on 02/19/2017 2:44:13 AM PST by dr_lew (I)
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To: Spktyr

Well, they want to drain Hetch Hetchy, anyway.

Liberalism is a mental disorder. Commie libs are insane.


29 posted on 02/19/2017 6:50:56 AM PST by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (The GOP will see the light, because Trump will make them feel the heat.)
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To: Spktyr

Where did you source that rumor?


32 posted on 02/19/2017 9:08:55 AM PST by Ozark Tom (Now it's the Deep State Media DSM ™ ®--evil spawn of the MSM 3-letter networks)
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To: Spktyr

They want the dams to *go away* - they just drained and removed the Hetch Hetchee dam out there.”””

The Enviro-Nazis” want the dams removed.

How much of San Francisco’s water came from that dam??? Over 50%, I think.


41 posted on 02/19/2017 11:21:31 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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