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Posted on 02/08/2016 9:41:55 PM PST by george76
California, Oregon and the federal government are working on a way around congressional barriers to the removal of hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River.
The states, the U.S. Interior Department and the owner of the dams, PacifiCorp, announced Tuesday that they have agreed in principle to pursue removal through the federal dam relicensing process.
The move comes after a complex deal to decommission four hydroelectric dams and restore portions of the historic salmon river fell apart when Congress failed to act on a crucial piece of the pact by a Dec. 31 deadline.
Republican members of Congress and local elected officials have argued against dismantling private utility facilities that are the source of property taxes and provide electricity to rural customers in Northern California and southern Oregon.
In the original Klamath deal, struck in 2010, PacifiCorp agreed to the dam removal because it would have cost the company an estimated $400 million to meet state water-quality standards and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's relicensing requirements.
Under the tentative new agreement, the parties would amend the dam-removal piece of the 2010 pact so it does not have to go before Congress. But they would retain funding and other provisions that cap PacfiCorp's costs and call for California to use state bond money to help pay for decommissioning.
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Californians think that the water flowing from their taps in San Francisco magically materializes in the pipes and that the electricity that powers the Silicone Valley digital e - World that they are totally dependent upon is generated out of some 5th dimension twilight zone.
So, in the face of the worst drought in decades, they decide to do the most logical and natural of things - tear down the network of dams and reservoirs they depend upon for their lives.
This will not end well.
I don’t need water from dams. It comes from the tap. I don’t need farmers. I get my food at the grocery store. People are ao clueless. Now excuse me while I go study my Noam Chomskey pamphlets -Liberals
Idiots still want to “restore” Hetch Hetchy!
And it's only a matter of time before they win
China builds the Three Gorgeous and our response is to TEAR DOWN THAT DAM (or dams).
What’s wrong with this picture?
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Yup.
No way.
Moving dams would be a heckuva tourist draw.
Oregon ping
We have been paying the power company for YEARS for these dam removals on our power bills every month.
The entire thing is a disgusting mess....all the while the libs are crying for more electric cars. Idiots, all.
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Please elaborate. What's in there, and how much of it?
It’s 13.1 million cubic yards with high phosphate and organic matter. The particulates are sufficiently fine-grained as to be a clay, which is badly depleted in America’s soils.
The last estimate I saw was 17,000,000 cu. yds.
...and I can’t dredge because of turbidity.
Does fish hawk still post on these forums? His family owns land at the mouth of the Klamath
The greenies can build a fish ladder, at their own expense. The dams can continue to generate diminishing amounts of power power until the lakes behind them silt up.
The resulting meadows can be declared a hazardous waste superfund site dedicated to the stupidity of the environmental movement.
why, yes he does, just not as often as he used to . I’m for removing the dams but have concerns about silt and things like that.
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