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Santa Ynez reservoir.
Jan 13 2025 11:30AM more by lamar
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The power company knew several days in advance of a possible situation.

Google said:
The amount of water that can be pumped from Lake Cachuma to Santa Ynez in a day varies depending on water availability and current needs, but typically ranges around several thousand acre-feet per day, with releases often managed in the range of 100-200 cubic feet per second (cfs) which translates to roughly 200-400 acre-feet per day depending on the flow rate.
      
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lamar
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Jan 13 2025 11:46AM     link to this

One acre-foot is equal to 325,851 gallons of water.
Averaging 3000 acre feet a day = 97,755,300 gallons a day.
billinirvine
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Jan 13 2025 02:06PM     link to this

There’s no potential profit in doing the right thing.
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Jan 13 2025 06:35PM     link to this

So I'm not sure, but the empty Santa Ynez Reservoir is located in Pacific Palisades and I don't think it's feed by Lake Cachuma in Santa Barbara County. Although Lake Cachuma after the last rainy seasons is at 98% capacity so there's no water issue here
socaliam
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Jan 13 2025 07:02PM     link to this

It's too bad that the things that could have been done weren't. Instead there are several things that could/should have been done, identified only after the worst that can happen does, like it has many times in the past.

Isn't it SOMEBODY'S multi-6 figure taxpayer job to know and plan for things. From the ones with the obvious title to do the job to the ones that should rattle some cages when they don't have what they will need. I've always hated the ribbon cutting 'faces' who foster a go-along-to-get-along management style and don't have the balls (so to speak) to move without a complete consensus. Such managers and heads didn't last long.

I've sat in so many department heads and director's meetings where if anyone, anyone, spoke a word of non-agreement the issue was tabled until the next month's meeting, with a directive for anyone to research and bring more info to it.
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Jan 13 2025 11:08PM     link to this

^ without
AFMadness
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Jan 14 2025 09:29AM     link to this

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Jan 14 2025 10:18AM     link to this

i'd say pretty poor planning
and the ribbon cutter politicians - none worse, they are first on the spot when there is a camera and something to announce but when there is a real issue they stick their heads in the sand.

now we will see how they can deal with a housing crisis.

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Jan 14 2025 12:20PM     link to this

It's such a bad joke when these idiots end up making heroes of themselves by proclaiming how they're going to fix the problem they should have fixed before the disaster. Despite their assembled pundits applauding their announcements it doesn't actually happen.

Who cares anyway? The next time probably won't happen until they're out of that office.

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