Each time I see the Dungeness River running millions of water to waste by going into the Sequim Bay, I wonder what our leaders drinking.
There’s not a water shortage but mismanagement of the resource.
Now they want to build a $25 million to $30 million reservoir [“Clallam Official To Meet With Gov. Inslee’s Staff on Dungeness Reservoir, Recreation,” PDN, Jan. 13].
It will be about 2 miles to Sequim Bay.
What about the rest of the river?
Is water going to run uphill?
Not that I know of.
I believe it would not cost any more to build a dam or enlarge the irrigation dam on the Dungeness and everyone would have water, even the fish when it is needed.
Please use your heads and see that if we are going to spend $25 million-plus for a reservoir, we should instead put in a dam or enlarge the one we have, and everyone will have water.
Elzie Isley,
Port Angeles