VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-21
“If we have another mediocre year of runoff – not an excessively low year, just a mediocre year – we’d go over the cliff,”
Dr Jack Schmidt · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-21
Dr Jack Schmidt warned that even a mediocre runoff year would push the reservoir system over the cliff.
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