KRIS6 News is answering your water questions every week, this week we take a dive into this statement: “Being screwed over again, getting water in to the lake and they probably want to release it,” Patricia Cullen said.
Cullen is talking about a state agreement that requires freshwater to pass through the reservoir system and into the bays and estuaries downstream.
Here is how it works: water flowing into the reservoir system — up to a certain amount — must be allowed to continue flowing downstream to keep the bay ecosystem healthy, rather than being captured and stored…