The present ongoing Spring 'melt' in the extremely snow packed Sierras Nevada mts may overtax/overrun the CA reservoirs. The CA reservoirs are already at or almost at full capacity. Specifically the Shasta/Oroville systems may present the most problematic "tune to change". Reports are that Moonbeam has presented his fourth request to Washington DC with an unusual personal appearance forthcoming. President Trump may indeed have some valuable 'trade-offs' to offer Moonbeam.
“The present ongoing Spring ‘melt’ in the extremely snow packed Sierras Nevada mts may overtax/overrun the CA reservoirs.”
This is actually the long-standing problem with California’s water storage system. They count on “normal years” where the early rains are collected and redistributed to the undergunned terminal storage facilities. Then there’s “room” for the snow melt that comes in the Spring. Unfortunately the weather doesn’t cooperate most of the time,and as a consequence when early rains come as they have this past winter, there is no place to put the “bumper crop” of water and they forced to let it go into SF Bay. This year there is also a “bumper crop” of snow, so they will have to release it into the ocean as well. So there is really no way to “bank” water here. Plus the population has doubled since the last reservoir was built. But hey, we’re working on a high-speed train to nowhere so it all makes sense now doesn’t it?