I'm joined now by Jill Ellis, San Diego Wave FC team president and former coach of the U.S. The next test for the young American team comes Saturday, when it will face the Netherlands in a knockout match. The team held on even after star player Christian Pulisic was forced to exit the game early due to an injury. men's national soccer team reached the final round of 16 in the World Cup after a dramatic one nil win against Iran yesterday. S1: I've been speaking with KPBS environment reporter Eric Anderson. And they want to keep the pressure on the dam a little bit lower than its capacity, you know, in an effort to make sure that nothing bad happens. They want to make sure that no one downstream is impacted by, you know, a collapsing dam, which would be horrible. So they want to make sure that the repairs are done safely. The whole reason there is, is they don't want to put additional pressure on the dam while the repair works are underway. S2: If the region does get rain, I think that you'll see a continued effort by the city to make sure that they keep at that 275 foot level. S1: And we're heading into the rainy season. So they expected to have those valves open, releasing water for two days, and that's today. They were releasing the water, you know, slowly enough so that it's not just a big rush of water downstream, but it's been coming down since Monday. S1: Now, this water release started Monday. They looked at Lake Hodges and found it had some problems and that kind of kicked off that repair project. And it created some problems and it prompted state officials to ask all local officials to look at their dams. And, you know, it's kind of interesting that the reason this dam actually came under scrutiny was because of the Oroville Dam issue a couple of years ago up in northern California, where the dam had some problems holding back record rainfall at that time. That's going to happen a hundred feet downstream from where the existing dam is. S2: There is a project in the works somewhere in the neighborhood of $180 million replacement dam project. S1: Now, the Hodges Dam, as you say, is more than 100 years old. So it's a cheap source of water, although it's not as large as you might think. So it's also much less expensive than the water that it's gotten from the ocean at the Carlsbad desalination plant. Much less expensive than the water that San Diego County imports from the Imperial Valley or from the Metropolitan Water District. And it's free because it's runoff that comes from rains. S2: All of the reservoirs in the county represent about 10% of the water that we get for drinking water. And, of course, that means if you're a person who likes boating in that lake or you're a person who likes fishing in that lake, those activities are still off limits until this repair work is finished. So that work is going to continue until next spring. S2: They thought they were going to be done by October, but that's not the case because they say they found some additional issues with the dam when they lowered the water level. So So no issues as far as the Santa Rita River is concerned. S2: And they did that over a period of two days. So officials were just kind of getting it back to the level where they feel comfortable. There's been enough rain there that it's brought the level of the lake up a couple of feet. What happened in the last week or so is that there's been enough rain in the region and that dam, that lake collects water from a 248 square mile watershed. So they lowered the lake level to 275 feet above above sea level. And as you can imagine, anything else that's 104 years old is going to need repairs occasionally, that the dam needed some repair work done. ![]() Now, the dam itself, it's 104 years old. ![]() But since the spring, officials have lowered the water level so they can do some repairs. S2: I think it's like 313 feet above sea level as is. S1: The Lake Hodges Dam isn't anywhere near maximum capacity. Joining me is KPBS environment reporter Eric Anderson. ![]() Repairs on cracks in the 104 year old dam have been ongoing for months. Recent rains in the area have increased the level of the lake. Water is being released into the San Diego River to bring the lake's level down to 275 feet. Concerns about the condition of the Lake Hodges Dam prompted officials to release water from the lake this week. ![]() And master of the ukulele, Jake Shimabukuro, performs in San Diego tonight. S1: A new book examines the complicity of the French state railroad in the Holocaust. So I think in certain elements, this match prepared them now for suddenly being in a win or go home scenario. S3: They had to win to advance, and that's what the knockout rounds are as well. An update on the World Cup after a dramatic U.S. S1: I'm Maureen CAVANAUGH with Jared Heineman. S2: There is a state mandate for Hodges right now that it has to be at 275 feet. S1: Water is released from Lake Hodges to reduce strain on the dam.
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