EARTHSC 1121 Lecture 10: 2/14
23 Mar 2017
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Starting off chapter 4 withearth science in the news: oroville dam. Cali only gets rain a couple of months in the winter. This dam serves as the water reservoir (once the snow melts), e. g. for agriculture, drinking water (for about 20 million people). Not only stores water but also is a source of hydropower. Dumping the water over the emergency spillway to feather river. Evacuations were ordered because the dam"s emergency spillway could would be a waste of this energy. collapse. The water spilled out at 100,000 cu ft/sec. Almonds are most likely grown with water that came from the oroville dam. Cali"s had a very severe drought over the last several years. September tends to be when water levels are lowest in these reservoirs. There is simply not enough water in california for its entire population. The reservoir was at 97% of capacity at 5 a. m. feb. 10, 2017 (last friday)-- and it was still raining!
