Structures and the outlet structures will continue to work, but we will with are seeing throughout the colorado river basin and to some degree parts of california, the higher temperatures are making it so that we have less water going into the future. and so then the effects of all that in terms of, you know, southern california, especially not having enough water to meet the normal demands for some 6 million people, so they ve imposed these, you know, unprecedented restrictions, some people fear they won t be enough, but of course, because water is politics out west, many others say this goes too far. so, how hard is it to get anything done in terms of reducing usage when so many folks see it as a god-given right? well, i think we ve had a fairly good ability to conserve water in cities in the west throughout the united states in conditions when the populous is
Major general, and deputy chief of the u.s. army corps of engineers. it s good of you to join us today. this is a tough situation. we understand those reservoirs could be topping as a result that charges necessary headaches and danger for people living in flood zones. thank you for asking me. the chief of engineers is on the course this morning and on the ground in texas. their functioning as they were designed to do. the releasing water through the outlet structures in order to release pressure on the dams. but they re not in any danger of reaching overtopping. the water has been flowing around but it s not doing that anymore. they re releasing it controlled through the outlet structure because there s a lot of water