Today ended up being long as hell. We woke up very early to have a great discussion with Bruce who helps run Hetch Hetchy. He works at a smaller dam just outside of the park. He explained the significance of the dam. It is such clean water, it doesn't ever need to be treated. This is because of the granite basin. This water is provided to San Francisco. He talked about the issues surrounding San Francisco. San Fran's population is going to increase and he has no idea where there water is going to come from. The city had already cut their water use down per person by using more efficient uses of the water. Like toilets that use less water to flush and less water pressure for showers. The dam was releasing so much water its hard to think it could be at a shortage. It was also very sad when he showed a picture of the original river valley before it was dammed, it looked very beautiful. If San Fran is in need of more water than there is no going back. After the discussion we hung out in the park for a little bit after finding out we couldn't go tubing because the water was too high. We then left for Reno which turned out to be a very long and late drive.
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