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Originally Posted by GGG
I disagree with saying we needed more lines. We just handled a significant loss with an acceptable level of consequence. From a investment vs risk standpoint this was a reasonable outcome.
We will see what the integrity program looked like in the follow up investigation so I will withhold judgement there.
The big change would have been probably doing all of the work done now as (the first 5 and latest 10?) all as one down time period.
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The thing we don't really know is how close we were to catastrophe...like if we couldn't get that section of pipe from San Diego, what was Plan B and how long would it take?
Or what if a section bursts under the river? Presumably a much slower fix.
Moving forward, we also can't count on the same voluntary response from individuals that we got the first time. We just saw the difference the second time. I still wonder if the difference there was that they topped up all of the reservoirs in the first few days of restrictions. What if the next break happens in the midst of a heat wave and the fluctuating reservoirs are at a lower level at the time of the break?