The problems Floods of 1861-1862 , approx 30-35 MAF in additional Central Valley runoff from 6 "Pineapple Express" storms in 5 weeks (runoff figure is an off-the-record guess by a hydrologist) ( mjbarkl.com/floods.htm ) Reliable, affordable irrigation supply Loss of the snow pack to global warming Flows for the salmon on the San Joaquin Flows to flush salt and contaminants from the Delta Reduced Delta pumping for the fish and the flows No peripheral canal or silly tunnels Hetch Hetchy Supply for Los Angeles Supply for Arizona and Southern Nevada Endless squabbling and redundant expensive reports The answer, Storage, CVP III : Suspend § 8 of Reclamation Act/Newlands Act of 1902 and its progeny and other conflicting statutes for this project, removes from the equation: DWR SWRCB CWC CCVFPB CEQA Cal ESA Voters Litigation Either Reclamation or USACE West Side Conveyance System ( mjbarkl.com/westside.pdf ): Raise Shasta, +2 MAF or 9.3 MAF, flood flows into West Side Conveyance System Intercept Clear Creek/Whiskeytown/Trinity exports Dams as part of the System on the forks of Cottonwood, Red Bank, Elder, and Thomes, +.5 ? Glenn Reservoir Complex, +9 to +12 Trade Dos Rios for Hetch Hetchy, +7.6 - .36 ; Sites, +1.9, below Sites, link to : Expand and merge Glenn-Colusa and Tehama Colusa Canals , extend to Rio Vista with siphons across the Sacramento and San Joaquin to Bethany Reservoir; link Cross-Valley Canal from Thermalito to Glenn-Colusa; enlarge Glenn-Colusa; line Glenn-Colusa, +.125 Berryessa expansion, +? Oristimba Reservoir +2, Los Banos Grande Reservoir +2, Enlarged San Luis +.13, Del Puerto Canyon +1, Garzas Creek +1 Enlarge and Extend Folsom South Canal for flood flows, Intercept flood flows from forebays at Dry Creek, Cosumnes, Mokelumne, & Calaveras Extend past Stockton & across south end of Delta to Bethany, Add a smaller Auburn Dam for flood flows, +1, Marysville Dam, +1 Add 5.5 MAF additional flood control storage on the Tuolumne & Stanislaus Add Temperance Flat, +2.5 & Rodgers Crossing Reservoir +1 Research on reducing evaporation losses, ?? Total added storage, 37.14 - 45+ MAF ; portion to handle CV floods, 31? Replace Southern California Colorado River water with these sources. Supplement Nevada and Arizona water with these sources. Enhance aqueducts to Southern California. Major funding: Flood Control plus trades with AZ & NV