Search results for: “O'Shaughnessy Dam”
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What would Hetch Hetchy be like if it is restored.
Here’s a very interesting story from the LA Times. Novelist Greg Sarris imagines what it would be like after the water is drained and Hetch Hetchy is restored. LA Times: “The massive lake shinks; 360,000 acre feet of impounded water begins to disappear. Stumps from giant oaks felled nearly a hundred years ago appear beneath…
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Battle To Restore Hetch Hetchy Moves Into High Gear
SignOnSanDiego.com: “An uncelebrated gem, Hetch Hetchy rewards visitors with towering granite cathedrals and cascading streams as postcard worthy as Half Dome or Vernal Falls. It is an escape to solitude, where even day-trippers can relish a true Yosemite experience without the bumper-to-bumper RVs and elbow-to-elbow visitors jostling on the main valley floor a mere 15…
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We Can Pull The Plug
Here’s an article showing how we can pull the plug on Hetch Hetchy and San Francisco will get along just fine. I’ve always believed the same thing. We are humans after all and we do adapt. Here’s the article. My Motherlode.com: “Researchers released a major study regarding the Hetch Hetchy reservoir, revealing that practical, reasonably…
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Talking About Hetch Hetchy
Several thoughts on the whole Hetch Hetchy thing. Hetch Hetchy is almost 100 years old now. It was built at a time when there were no earthquake or building standards like today. Don Pedro holds more than enough water and generates quite a bit of electricity. The water wouldn’t also have to be pumped up…
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Big Battle Over Hetch Hetchy Looming In The Near Future
SF Gate: “The debate over the proposal to breach the Sierra’s O’Shaughnessy Dam, drain the reservoir behind it and restore Hetch Hetchy Valley to its former natural splendor is apt to intensify this summer with the release of a California Department of Water Resources study on the issue. But preliminary comments from the agency indicate…