Breitbart by Joel B. Pollak 20 Jan 2023
Legislators have written “strongly worded letters” to state and federal officials demanding to know why 95% of the rainwater that fell on California in recent weeks was allowed to wash out to sea in the California Delta.
As Breitbart News reported, enough rain fell on the state — some 32 trillion gallons — to supply the state’s agricultural, industrial, and residential needs for at least 10 years, had the water been stored in reservoirs.
But the state has not seen a major reservoir built in four decades, despite billions water bonds. Therefore most of the water was lost to the ocean:
[T]he state’s water storage capacity is only 43 million acre feet, matching about one year’s human use. Given that most reservoirs — even in the ongoing extreme drought — have some water in them, not all of the 43 million acre feet of storage space is available to capture the ongoing rains — and some dams’ floodgates have been opened. More than 95% of the rain that is falling on the state is simply being allowed to wash out to sea.
More:
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2023/01/20/strongly-worded-letters-fly-as-95-of-rainwater-washes-to-ocean-in-california/
