[Jamo]

The Colorado hasn't reached the Gulf for a long time...the All-American canal takes what's left, leving only a mud flat. Lived in Imperial Valley for several years...had clients in Yuma, Blythe and Parker.

Ron...doesn't matter how much rain we ever get in California...it's all wasted until we build more storage. More storage allows for greater flows to help the fisheries, more irrigation water and provides for expected urban growth. A side benefit will be increased power production. Much of it can be obtained by simply raising the small-to-medium sized dams, and by recharging underground supplies...very few new dams would have to be built. Sacramento-Stockton needs to refine their runoff...we can ill afford the extra water needed to flush their pollution.

The Shasta drainage, of all places, should never have want for water.