“In CA and the US many dams have been built and all the good locations for dams already have dams.”
All the good locations in the US are gone?
Every single one...there are no places left?
Hard to believe. That’s a very broad statement.
And any google search with the words California and Dam comes up with at least a half dozen serious proposals for large scale dams in California, which have been stalled for reasons other than suitability/location.
Dumb question. Throughout the northwest, dams have been removed over the years for environmental or safety reasons. Are these former dam sites now deemed no longer a ‘good’ site for a dam?
Ok. I did that, and found this article:
Why doesn't California build big dams
First reason is lack of location. They say that there are already 1400 dams in CA.
Second isEnviro regs such as endangered species(Nixon) and CWA(Nixon) and California Environmental Quality Act signed by Reagan in 1968.
Third is financing. Because of Prop 13(Reagan), it is very hard to raise state money for dams. Plus, Prez Reagan changed the law and reduced the amount of federal money that could go to a state to build a dam.