Diamond Valley Lake reservoir can provide relief for drought-stricken Southern California

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http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/local/inland_empire&id=9422829

"In 1991, Southern California went through a pretty terrible drought," said Kightlinger. "We had to ration water and we decided we are never going to go through another drought like that and be unprepared."

"We got prepared. We invested over the last two decades, now the whole state has to do that. You're seeing parts of the state running dry," said Kightlinger

"We're saying we want to work with the rest of the state on cooperative programs so that maybe we can help people out in Northern California," said Kightlinger.

But even though we're doing OK in Southern California, the Metropolitan Water District plans to ask consumers to conserve about 20 percent of their water next week. They say every little bit will help.

This is MWD.

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1. Our county (Napa) began increasing it's state water allotments years ago

and has stored them in our Lake Hennessy reservoir. As of last week capacity was at 71% which should get us through the summer without mandatory rationing. We're a lot better off than neighboring counties Marin and Sonoma.

I'm not a fan of man-made reservoirs, but more are going to be needed throughout the state to store runoff as warmer winters result in smaller Sierra snowpacks and faster melting of those reserves. California can't keep adding to the population without adding to it's storage system, no matter how great the conservation methods.

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2. Good for Napa.

I also oppose man-made reservoirs, but as you said, we must be pragmatic.