If the weir and the flood-control project weren't there, the water probably would have behaved the same way upstream. |
Some of the agencies were concerned that a five-eighths majority wasn't enough. |
That's a $40 million benefit right there. |
There are projects right now that can't go forward. If we can't say we have the water, it creates a problem. |
There was a large concentration of rainfall in the north-northwest basin. |
We would begin implementing this plan almost immediately. We would have to implement a very ambitious program, which we're confident we can do. |