To your first point, the article says ‘nearly’ all the good dam sites are used...not all.
To your second point - excessive environmental regulation is precisely the problem.
To your third point- Hurray!!! I would love to live in the great California weather, with the great views and beaches...but I can’t afford it. So I certainly don’t want my federal tax dollars going to fix all of California’s water problems. Other states seem to be able to work within the current funding parameters...so why is it an excuse for California?
Again, there are at least a half dozen serious, large scale dam projects planned in California. And the people need water. Why don’t they build big dams? A lack of will. And common sense among the political leadership - this is the same state (and federal government) that desperately wants to build an unnecessary rail system for $billions, instead of spending those same $billions to fix their water woes. And that’s my original point - civilizations used to be smart enough to build dams, while our modern culture shuns them...we are becoming an idiocracy.
Do you mind listing that half dozen large scaled dam projects in California?
I don’t think they need more damns, California needs to build desalinization plants. Many countries with low rainfall solve their water problems by this. They have a ton of water, now they just need the plants to make it potable. I wonder if the enviro weenies are preventing a sensible solution like desalinization plants. Let the farmers in the north have the water from Hetchy, Hetchy and other places. The people in LA and So. Cal should be relying on their abundant resource right next to them. The Pacific Ocean....