Posted on 03/09/2019 11:46:55 AM PST by abb
Millions of Californians could end up with higher water bills after the Trump administration on Friday announced that federal emergency officials arent going to reimburse the state for $306 million in repairs to Oroville Dam stemming from the 2017 spillway crisis.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency said federal taxpayers shouldnt have to pay for problems that existed prior to a massive hole forming in the dams concrete spillway in February 2017, eventually prompting the two-day evacuation of 188,000 downstream residents and a $1.1 billion emergency response and repair job.
Oroville Dam the nations tallest is operated by a state agency, but it was built and maintained using funds from agricultural and urban water agencies that store water at Lake Oroville, such as the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.Metropolitan supplies water to more than 19 million people, whose water bills could rise if the federal government decides not to pay. In total, Oroville Dam water for 27 million Californians.
Since the 2017 crisis, the state and water contractors such as Metropolitan had hoped the federal government would cover up to 75 percent of the repair costs. So far, the federal government has only agreed to pay about a third of the total bill.
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Mmmm... they need $306 million from 27 million people. Equals $11.33 each. Oh the horror!
I want to make sure that readers understand that the “water contractors” referred to in your posts are the customers of the Division of Water Resources. They are not construction contractors, they are instead water districts and irrigation districts. The water districts contract for a percentage of the water and then clean it, pump it and resell it to homeowners and business owners. The irrigation districts pump it and sell it to agricultural users and groups.
That means when they say that the uncovered costs are going to go to “contractors’ it means the California citizens and business owners not the State Division of Water Resources.
Thanks KC Burke.
Trump is allowing CA’s illegal aliens to fund the dam repair.
You’d be better off not buying his Lambo: the smell of brimstone over tobacco smoking can never be removed. < BG >
IIRC, California voters were suckered into voting for a $7B +++ water bond about 6 years go.
Where did that money go to???
Someone has some ‘splaining’ to do.
The spillway was damaged——
NOT the DAM itself.
California Lawmakers have stated that they want I-5 & Hwy 99 to have NO speed limits.
Hwy 99 goes thru many small agricultural towns.
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