Okay, thanks....I was just wondering about the considerations that were put into runoff control after the heavy rains. Was the desire to keep a full-pool condition more for LA water supply more important than the what might happen if the worst happened (for the down damn local residents?)
All those reasons and more. When a reservoir operator choses to release early, farmers add sportsmen freak and accuse them of wasting the water. When they hold back, the enviros accuse them of starving out the salmon. The drought has made it all worse, as has the rain now.
It’s not all up to the state and local operator, the Army Corps is of Engineers is involved as well.
More storage would help everyone but we’ll always have droughts.