A new Mega-Reservoir in California ?

[CaseHardened]

Trump administration approves plan backed by Newsom to build largest California reservoir in 50 years

Sites Reservoir would be 8th largest in California, providing water to Bay Area, farms, LA

www.mercurynews.com

I think it is a good idea, but....

There must be safeguards to assure this is not another government boondoggle that is never completed.

Ok, assuming it is completed, it could be filled with water from a Nuclear Desalinization Plant.

Wait ... screw the reservoir. A Nuclear Desalinization Plant or two could solve the problem outright.

 

[dean3690]

The rules need to be:
1. Fixed price project. No changes or cost overruns.
2. No bid contracts not allowed.
3. Payments based upon progress.
4. Final payment when it's filled and operational.
5. Claw back penalties apply when the reservoir is not maintained and not full.
6. Audits of the process and payments along the way with penalties and prosecution for non-compliance with the requirements of the funding law or grant.

 

[Saltwater60]

I just want to know how the environmental impact study went for this project. It’s all a joke.

 

[Catskillkid]

I just want to know how the environmental impact study went for this project. It’s all a joke.

Democrats love environmental impact studies. They love to weaponize them against a lot of different projects. Yet, when they potentially stand in the way of some of their pet projects magically they seem to disappear or get hand waved away.

 

[Keyzard]

Yet, when they potentially stand in the way of some of their pet projects magically they seem to disappear or get hand waved away.

Or create new governing bodies to eliminate the blockers. Take a look at NYS ORES......

"What is ORES NYS?

The Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES) in New York State was established under the Accelerated Renewable Energy Growth and Community Benefit Act to streamline the permitting process for large-scale renewable energy projects."

In english, this office regularly overrides denials issued by the DEC for environmental impact, especially when it applies to new solar farms. And yes, this was a creation of Gov. Eyebrows.

 

[Robin]

Just like the high speed rail scheme, it'll drag on for years, hundreds if not thousands of democrats will make millions off wasted tax dollars, and in the end it will be abandoned. Big media will declare it a huge success or, blame the failure on Trump, and of coarse millions will lap it up.
Robin

 

[Saltwater60]

Democrats love environmental impact studies. They love to weaponize them against a lot of different projects. Yet, when they potentially stand in the way of some of their pet projects magically they seem to disappear or get hand waved away.

Like micron in Syracuse where they are cutting down 300-400 acres of trees bags use to roost in, wetlands, and all the water they will use and contaminate?
It’s amazing how people ignore this stuff

 

[spat]

Trump administration approves plan backed by Newsom to build largest California reservoir in 50 years

Sites Reservoir would be 8th largest in California, providing water to Bay Area, farms, LA

www.mercurynews.com

I think it is a good idea, but....

There must be safeguards to assure this is not another government boondoggle that is never completed.

Ok, assuming it is completed, it could be filled with water from a Nuclear Desalinization Plant.

Wait ... screw the reservoir. A Nuclear Desalinization Plant or two could solve the problem outright.

Build the plant big enough, and you can just call the pacific ocean your reservoir.


But, to keep it from being a boondoggle, the right way to do this is for the government to just guarantee to buy a volume of fresh water over a long period of time, say x million gallons a day for the next 15 years. That's it. Then you can put it out to bid once a year.

15 years is enough for private enterprise to cover the capital expenditure of building the plant, then whoever builds it has the customers. Bonus is you can have people who want additional water buy it from them directly and only pay a delivery charge. Some almond farmer wants another million gallons, if that plant can deliver, he can buy it from them too.

Then it's nobody's business how badly the almond farmer is wasting it, it's his water, he paid for it.