Drought was missed opportunity to inspect waterways
My years working for California’s Department of Water Resources taught me that it should be no surprise that the Oroville Dam is in jeopardy.
I observed many times that important repair and maintenance was not being done. Why not is anyone’s guess. With the years of drought we have had, inspection of waterways prior to a very wet year is paramount.
John Rainey, Lemoore
This story was originally published February 13, 2017 at 12:27 PM with the headline "Drought was missed opportunity to inspect waterways."