Water Resources: Hydraulics and Hydrology
Yes, we did. But even Irene in the design branch ended up in court in San Francisco on New
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on flows. I wasn't involved in the New
project, but when the dam was
essentially complete, an environmentalist chained himself to a rock somewhere in the
wilderness area of the reservoir to prevent storing water in the reservoir. Do you know about
that?
Yes, they were going to fill the pool, wasn't it?
Yes, they were about to start filling the pool and they couldn't find him. He would have
drowned if the reservoir had been filled on schedule. It takes California, I guess, for
something like that. I was in California last week, and things really don't seem to have
changed very much.
Now, so you really got away from the engineering aspects when you got into planning?
No, not entirely. In planning we had to understand the problems and engineering aspects.
But your interests must have moved into more of the planning and the larger aspects of water
resource development?
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Yes, it did. It was broader.
Which, as you say, include a lot more complex things than just structures or hydraulics.
A:
Yes.
Well, it might be appropriate to call a halt.
I think so.
Is there anything you want to mention about your experience in Sacramento to sort of sum
it up?
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I think that it would be well for you to interview either Amalio Gomez or Bill Doyle, or
maybe both, because they can tell you the whole story of the Corps in northern California.
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