City releases millions of gallons of potential drinking water into the ocean
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- At a time when we're being asked to conserve water, the City of San Diego released nearly 250 million gallons of water out of the Hodges Reservoir to the ocean.
Lmao I cant believe this telling us to conserve while they do crap like this.
My efforts in conserving water for the past five years seems insignificant all of a sudden!🤦🏻♂️
Instead of lowering water cost or telling people to water plants for the a week or so .. they just dumped it in the ocean .. what a great county management .. they are too busy with their equity and bike lane agenda 😂
WTF! Pardon my reaction! But Whoever decided this ought to be FIRED OR RECALLED!!!! Years of us Citizens being told to Conserve!!! A SHAM DISGRACE
Or beat with a metal pipe
they should have come up with a better plan than that!😡
We're going to build desalinization plants, so we can get it back
So we have no water shortage cool
They're doing this on purpose
They want to use sewage water instead
Must be
someones getting a nice check for this
Yup
Rules for thee but not for me 😂
Whoever made this decision we need explanation and be fired either his evil or stupid or brain dead we are paying to much on water and conserving too I water my plants once a week why let the water into a waste since we need that water
Nothing like passing the buck. Water wasted is water wasted.
No surprise here. Nothing we do in California makes much sense. "Over the past 30 years, more than 100 small dams have been removed in California. The 2015 breaching of San Clemente Dam on the Carmel River was the largest dam removal in state history. Several other large dams are targeted for removal, including Matilija Dam, four dams on the Klamath River, and Scott Dam on the Eel River.". We also won't build any more desalination plants and we don't consider hydroelectric power as "green energy" because environmentalists don't like it.
VOTE for the best and brightest and not the most corrupt and evil. FOR ONCE IN YOUR PUTRID LIVES.
Raised my kids in Boise, Idaho. Several years ago we suffered drought conditions, and our lawns were mandated to water 2 days a week. Our lawns were dying, but the city sponsored a "mud volleyball tournament" that required a water dump of enough water to create mud courts to a depth of 3ft! And the laundry alone was an added insult!!!
I’ve lived in Boise for 25 years and this never happened.
Just got a notice last week or so about them wanting to raise water rates again.
I understand the need to repair the dam and meet state compliance, but it seems very short sighted and irresponsible to not develop some sort of plan to conserve 250 million gallons of water in the midst of a historical drought. All while I'm told I can't wash my car or water my grass. San Diego and the State of California need to give us real answers for this one.
@KeyDx7 San Diego County has 24 reservoirs that are all linked by aquaducts in one way or another. Something could have been done. And even if it was not possible to retain that water, the more pressing issue is the fact that that dam is 105 years old and the powers that be did not have the foresight in the last 40 or so years to reenforce, repair, or replace it. It wasn't until their were issues that threatened catastrophic failure that they decided to do repairs and consider replacing it. Now we are over 10 years out from a new dam and we'll possibly lose out on billions of gallons of needed water because poor planning.
Better than dam failing and flooding un controlled..
@@kjflyte5088 The city should have considered that 40-50 years ago
the lovely ocean needs all the water it can get :)
Cbs where is your story on dumping fresh clean water and using sewage water instead
See… this is why I continue to do courtesy flushes despite being told to conserve water. What a load of crap.
Liars !!!! Absolute and total BS !
someone very needed to get fireeeeeee from this SMFH
It's all the liberals and corruption in office
Bet your water bill will definitely increase, bet.
😆 🤣 😂 Normal Day in Democrat California 😆 🤣 😂 good luck 2 everyone 👍
This has always happened. Someday you will wish you had that water
You couldn't just donate the water to people to use for free ? You just throw it away so nobody can use it ?
Millions spent to fix the dam they’re going to remove in five years with a new dam 100 feet downstream. That’s expensive red tape! 5 years of environmentalists being a thorn in the taxpayers side. If they had their way they’d close the lake to recreation so birds can breed. Don’t know what’s worse, environmentalists or politicians.
You and A p should talk. He's raging that there is no planning being done. You're complaining about fixing a dam that will be replaced in five years anyway.
Not trying to be sarcastic, but if the old dam is leaking and could possibly even burst without repairs....and you think it's a good idea to try to build a new dam downstream, and have the partially-constructed dam be swept away by water flowing over or through the leaky dam....how does that work, exactly?
They should truck some water to my swimming pool,what a waste.
That water is not gone for good. It’s still here on earth. God will bless us with the water we need, but even if He doesn’t, we all need to remember the book of Revelation. This earth won’t be like this forever.
Nothing goes right nowadays. Nothing!
And I’m here saving ugh.
Dump clean water and use sewage water instead wtf
All the bs they tell us... Smh.
They should’ve told everybody to water the shit out of the yards to use the water at their homes or gardens are farmers you could’ve drained it by using it
Just so wasteful 😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
I never expect california to make an intelligent decision
Wasteful.
I'm watering the hell out of my lawn then. They were idiots for dumping all that water. What were they thinking or were they thinking at all?
If the oceans are rising, aren't we causing problems putting more water in it? Seems like Mother Nature wants it on the land, but we keep putting it back?
😢
So the dam at lake Hodges was built decades ago and now requires repairs to maintain safety. Prior to the repair operations, water transfers were possible due to the operating level being above the intake elevation of San Diego County Water Authority’s pumping intake. This has been like this for decades. The lowering of the water to facilitate repairs takes the water to a level that requires more lift than the pump station can do. People go crazy because they don’t understand how water gets moved from one location to the next. The City saved all the water that was possible before having to release water to the safe level required for repairs. I guess people just like to complain without understanding the situation.
I’m trying to understand here because initially this video made me very angry. So, what you’re saying is the City DID save as much as they could, but then this week they had to release more and it’s this 2nd release that couldn’t be saved? Thanks Gary, you sound like you know what you’re talking about.
@@kellyriley-duckworth4738 thanks Kelly. Yes your understanding is correct. Unfortunately CBS 8 did a disservice to the City because they didn’t understand the situation and presented it in a way that made it sound like they were just not doing what was necessary to capture the water during the final lowering required to facilitate the repair work. It was lazy reporting at best. Take care.
Bro shove all that BS bottom line they released water into the ocean when the citizens could have used it...
lol your making an excuse for the lack of planning they should have done or at least improved. They should've added a reservoir next to it to increase supply and let the excess spill over. no excuses are acceptable.
@@Ap_twsh Seriously. What planning do you suggest? Oh, yeah, build another dam "next to it." The plans are already underway to put another dam downstream to replace the old one. But it takes years, even decades to do that job. You say there's a "lack of planning," but the planning is ongoing and has been for decades. This story did nothing to inform anyone about what's going on, it only pushes the rage button.
We are just lucky we had a huge rainfall season to fill them back up. At least Until our leaders do something else stupid
Who makes these dumb decisions? Why wouldn’t you wanna save the water?
Last of statement from SD public works was Sante Fe used the water, is that Rancho Sante Fe one of the highest users of our precious water?
Highest water usage in the state, next to Palm Springs ag land pays less tax
& they let the produce waste on the grounds
They want to use sewage water wtf!
Because, it supports the fact that the rain wasn't enough. And, we don't know how to manage water. Lol
Probably some water will infiltrate the ground.
where are this reporters from Nature & wildlife need this element too
typical gov't-no one will admit responsibility
It is a crime to waste water in such manner... inconceivable!.
The Dam has failed numerous inspections and is unsafe.
dear God 🙏 please drop the state of California into the ocean .
Typical response.
Gripping emails. 🙄
Go California 😂
Are you saying God isn’t making anymore?
Ya know they can't drink water in Houston or Detroit.... nah guess not...
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There are cities & urban centers throughout the nation that provide a mountain of irrefutable evidence for how liberal governance inevitably results in financial ruination, inept municipal services, onerous regulations, high taxes, abject immorality, higher crime, malignant blight, & a rapidly declining quality of life. 🙃 Large-scale displays of municipal unpreparedness & hypocrisy (such as California’s water crisis) are a direct result of _years_ of bureaucratic mismanagement, graft, & negligence. 😐
Lazy people
WTF?
Wtf
Just like movie China Town
yup
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Its going where it should now. Back to desalinating the ocean naturally..
It sounds like CBS 8 didn't get responded to quick enough so they spun this against the city. It seems the dam is in need of repair and you can't repair it if full so they had no choice but to save what they could then let the rest go. Or maybe not repair the dam at all and see if it breaks but that hasn't gone too well in the past. Ask Mr Mulholland.
Time for new dam
🤬
Free two hour showers for all citizens..
What 😮
The woes of building big cities in the middle of nowhere with no resources
san diego is by the ocean.
@@Ap_twsh True, the ocean is a good resource for a lot of things, but not freshwater for drinking. I wonder if solar saltwater distilleries would be the next logical thing, since saltwater distilleries powered by anything else is expensive?
Drunks!
WoWww what a waste!!!
Horrible reporting on this. Other news outlets got it right. This story is intended to make you upset and click the link for “views”.
Wow
as it clearly was stated they did it for safety reasons .. so ... there it is ... no story just desperate news stations like this one clearly is,
no
nu-uh! and my dad can beat up your dad! As long as we're sticking to cogent discussion.
I think it’s time to make our lawns green again. Everybody water your plants and lawns everyday. My sprinklers have been on for 3 days now in San Marcos