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What Cities Should Learn From California's Flooding
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How Do Reservoirs Adapt to Storms?
Reservoirs store water for when it's dry. In the winter, they also have to catch runoff from storms so that it doesn't flood cities and towns downstream. They can't do that if they're full because the dams could be easily overwhelmed by a lot of water. The rule at Folsom Reservoir outside of Sacramento said it could only be 60% full of water in the winter at the most. So now they're trying something else, which is to dynamically manage the reservoir using the weather forecast.
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