Headwaters December 1988 – the empty promises of New Melones Dam (PDF)
Status:
Dead River
By:
Fryar Calhoun for Friends of the River
Date:
December 1, 1988
Description:
River guide author Fryar Calhoun digs into the failure of New Melones Dam to deliver on its water and power promises, as of late 1988, looking at promised water contract sales and electricity prices. He concludes the dam simply hasn’t delivered anything close to what is was promised to be. For a more recent review of the dam, see Sean Kay’s and Dakota Goodman’s detailed 2020 analysis.
Format:
Article
Collection:
Admin's Collection
Date uploaded: Jan 28, 2025
Date last modified: Jan 28, 2025