New mega California reservoir is in final planning phase

We'll have to build pumping stations and remodel sections of the channels floors and walls for the pump intakes with grates and screens so only water gets in the return pipes and either dig routes for new pipes for the returns or devise a reuse of the storm drains already under ground that feed each channel.

Create a new holding site, like out in Lancaster or Edwards Air Force base area or where ever is the most logical point(s) along side their lengths. Turn it into a new water holding reservoir to treat the dirty water. The more intelligent in the field of water management should be able to determine the methodology, logistics and most feasible per each pumping section location, that's why they have their college degrees on their walls.

Every debris trap can be cleaned out after the water is removed and the rain stops and this stops all the debris from the watershed beds, run off and blow in from ever making it to the ocean, saving marine life from pollution and no more plastic guyers in any ocean ever again. Lots of new jobs for volunteers. As the years go on less and less debris will be in the channels.

As for the daily 204M gallons, times 365 days = X gallons ... anyone ? anyone? Bueller????, we build a special sections to collect and pump the rainfall without having to close the flood gates\locks at the harbor mouths. Divert it somewhere closer to mid channel and process it daily. This way there is no more center channel algae growth to be a breeding ground for water borne disease viruses like Covid. I am sure some engineers could find a way to even filter and or chlorinate the daily water to be sanitized before filling a mid channel holding reservoir.

Recycle as much of the trash, debris and water as possible. Make the river beds so nothing can get in, but water. Improve street and elsewhere screens and grates. If someone gets into the full of water channels they can climb right out, as the water isn't flowing 40 mph, it's just like a pool, just build swim outs, steps and hand rails along the sides every so far apart. No more putting other lives in danger trying to save someone falling in.

If we're gonna do something to leave behind for future humans, this should be it, get on it already. Don't let another winter's rain water pass. Humans of the future will have so much fresh water they wont have to buy bottled water ever again.

Thank you for your time and consideration.
RDM

North and south cali need another Oroville sized reservoir, along with proper fire prevention if we’re gonna make it much more than 10 years

It's about time, whatever in the world have we been waiting for?

Less medium speed trains to nowhere funding, diverted to building reservoirs would end our water problems. I guess it's harder to steal and divert funding from reservoir projects!

Why does it take so long to build a reservoir?? California needs many reservoirs!! Get rid of those idiots that try block them!!

We need this resevoir so badly

Global warming and climate change is getting old it's just weather.

Climate change is BS stop lying

Cloud seeding is here to stay.

Building a dam where there’s no river to fill it will make for very expensive water. Who can afford it. Maybe someone should check to see who owns the marginal ranch land that will become very valuable water front properties. If my memory serves me, it’s owned by some connected families. Using taxpayer funds to increase property values doesn’t seem right to me. Claiming eminent domain on the land surrounding the proposed lake should pay for a lot of the project costs when it’s subdivided.

Maybe conserve and stop wasting water first before using up more of the limited amount of land we have. Maybe recycle wastewater instead of jump dumping it back into the ocean or use that water to refill the groundwater table. This is definitely not a sustainable solution. People shouldn't have built in floodplains to begin with....

I'm going to laugh when it backfires after an earthquake destroys it.

Wait. Californian environmentalists want to destroy existing dams all over, but now it’s ok if they need water?
Nothing but hypocritical woke liberals.

This guy has no idea what he’s talking about. These entitled, white, imposters want to flood more land so they can buy their lattes…

Climate change 😅 climate hoax.

Yes we need more water and a great idea, but we need more bullet trains to no where that enrich the the politicians that purchased land along those train routes! NOT! As a fourth generation Californian, and farmer, water is critical for growing food, and sustaining life… need I say more…

"in operation by 2031"
They need to speed that up.

There is a major difference between need and greed.

Will any Folsom water let out to ocean go into new revisor ? If no could there be a pipeline about 90 miles for extra water ?

25 years ago called and said about time.

600 trillion gallons of surface water sit in bars and supermarkets permanently trapped. Earth melts ice to compensate. This is the effect. We ar e consuming too much. Digging wells will make it worst for the next generation. And on it goes.

The environmentalists..it's ALWAYS the environmentalists!

California is going to start a new disaster like the ghost lake they don't learn it will stop water to other places and now they will destroy more areas by moving the water ways California needs to stop the bullshit other states need to stop allowing California to take there water shut down the canals that have been made tak it all back to how natur naturally made it California have already destroyed more then one lake the government needs to stop California from destroying the environment

Ole Jerry Larry, forgot to mention the pink elephant in the room being all felons making a run for the border in order to collect that $2200.00 a month fat diet while our seniors on SS receive a whooping $1400.00 a month diet for working till the ripe age of 62 - 65!!

About time you faced up to global warming

What happens when another cyclical drought occurs......you end up with dry lake bed. What a stupid idea. Only in California would they come up with this plan. The land of fruits, nuts and flakes.

How about they revive the Central Valley project and finally finish temperance dam - what about the southern San Joaquin valley? That is where the water is needed the most!

This will cause a mega earthquake so the most expensive earthquake this state has too much marijauna growing and they wonder why they are in a drought 😅

If LA didn't depend so much on the rest of the state for its water, the rest of us would have plenty, yet they always shout down the idea of reverse osmosis even though countries like Israel have implemented it with amazing success.

about time !!!!!!!!!!!!

Climate Change =4 seasons

Of course environmentalists are opposed.

Why not desalinate the ocean?

Should have already been done...........

Another ignorant idea from a state that's already 75 million dollars in debt. They spent billions on a high speed rail system that goes absolutely nowhere its intended route. Now they want to build a reservoir that hopefully fills up during a wet season. All why claiming that climate change is all to real and our lakes and rivers will dry up. The smell of hypocrisy is over powering the stench of the urine covered sidewalks.

Environmentalist wackos will kill that project by pointing out that digging the reservoir will disrupt a spotted snail’s habitat and potentially lead to its extinction. Just BET on it!

Who is funding this. They keep seeding clouds and sink holes will be e en more . Never mess with mother nature

California gets so much precipitation. It's too bad we don't have enough reservoirs to store all of this water. Sad that all that water just gets dumped. I think people are tired of hearing about conservation and constant drought. It seems that Mother Nature is providing us with enough water, but we just haven't kept up with storage. I don't think we should call it a "drought" year after year, when in most years we get more water than we can store. This is our fault for not capturing enough to provide for the people. It's not a "drought," it's lack of storage.

Yeah,this site has been in ‘planning’ more than 65 years ago… this is why we NEED government to do the important things in our lives. NOT!

They can fill it up with 💩!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

They can fill it up with 💩!😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

There is no shortage of water for humans in California, 80% of California’s water goes to agriculture, yet agriculture accounts for less than 3% of California’s GDP. The crop that consumes the most water is alfalfa, which goes to feed cows, California does not have a water problem, they have a cow problem.

Good idea until it dries up. 😂😂

Climate change my arse, you live in a desert and wonder why you haven’t got any water, let’s build on a fault line so we can say how tragic it is when the earthquake happens.

I bet that the people who oppose this take long showers, wash their cars and driveways with a hose, and have numerous other wasteful habits.

But a Newsom administration will never accomplish this.

There's no such thing as climate change! BS! 🎉FJB 🎉

I feel like this is the water of equivalent of "just one more lane bro". Just one more reservoir will fix California's water problems. You are in a desert; of course water is sporadic. It seems especially weird to think a new reservoir is required in a state with declining or flat population.

Evaporation means net water loss and who is not seeing the water any more?

california needs to learn to save water before grabbing at more