Is there a risk of flooding at Tesoro High School?
Realistically, the reservoir will have no safety implications for Tesoro High School. SMWD has studied what would occur if the reservoir were to completely fail – an unrealistic scenario in which both the embankment and the lining behind it were suddenly to fail completely (a likelihood of less than one in 1,000,000). Under a more realistic scenario (which is still highly unlikely) , any problems with the reservoir would be detected early by sensors, and the reservoir could be drained long before any threat to students emerged. The school is further protected because SMWD and the school already participate in the County’s coordinated emergency response program to ensure the safety of all students, faculty and staff during any local emergency.
