Walsh says the reservoir’s banks were left as “sitting ducks” for massive erosion after the January 2021 draining. “Sweetwater would like to spin the massive erosion and destruction of the ...

Photo left: water drains from Loveland Reservoir in Alpine to Sweetwater Reservoir in Otay; Photo, right: bare mudflat at Loveland, once 400 surface acres, now doomed to be dropped to just 10.