Richards, Tori. (2023, February 14) Creaking California: State’s Failing Water Infrastructure Vulnerable to Katrina-Style Disaster from ‘Inland Tsunami. Retrieved February 15, 2023, https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/courage-strength-optimism/creaking-california-states-failing-water-infrastructure-vulnerable-to-katrina-style-disaster-from-inland-tsunami
There is a potential risk of a disaster in California due to the state’s failing water infrastructure. The state’s water system, which includes dams and canals, is aging and not equipped to handle extreme weather conditions. A potential disaster could devastate California’s agriculture, energy, and overall economy. Suggests that the state needs to invest in upgrading its water infrastructure to prevent a catastrophe similar to Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans. Additionally, it highlights the need for political leaders to prioritize this issue and work towards a solution.
This article seems to blame politicians, such as Governor Newsom, stating that “he is sabotaging the water infrastructure” for not making any quick responses to these poorly aged dams. Some of these dams are over 100 years old, and the weather has completely changed significantly over the past years. It seems like this whole travesty could have or be avoided if we had been able to reconstruct dams before they’re damaged. It’s going to be a lot more expensive to completely fix dams then just improving little by little each year.
I agree with you 100%. I think that we need to start renovating old water systems so that they are able to withstand these new weather conditions we are currently facing. Additionally, as we can see in the past few weeks we have been facing snow in areas where we aren’t used to having snow and stronger winds. With more severe weather conditions older infrastructure will not be able to function. The damage may be more expensive than the renovation and I think if we take action now rather than later we would be saving money and other problems to come. This was really interesting to read about and I definitely agree that this travesty could have been avoided if we would have reconstructed the dam.
I agree that our politicians have allowed our infrastructure to age without improvement. In order to improve the infrastructure we need to figure out the shortcomings of our current systems and see what we can implement to improve them. Politicians like Governor Newsom need to allocate a budget for the improvement of the instructor before it becomes a giant problem. If California becomes complacent with our current system, a disaster is bound to happen to jeopardize our residents and agriculture. How can we convince government leaders to begin to tackle the issue?
I agree with your response. It is important to fix old dams before the renovations become too extreme to fix. I agree that renovations should be made little by little each year to help the dams thrive.
i agree. infrastructure needs to be routinely fixed and politicians have been doing a bad job of making sure that it happens. when will elected gov members start to address this issue?