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US declares first-ever Colorado River water shortage – Arizona and Nevada affected
« on: August 18, 2021, 11:45:42 am »
Strange Sounds 8/17/2021

US declares first-ever Colorado River water shortage – Arizona and Nevada affected

For the first time ever, the US federal government has declared a water shortage on the Colorado River.

That’s because Lake Mead, the nation’s largest reservoir, is lower than it’s ever been. It provides water to 25 million people across Arizona, Nevada, California, and Mexico, but as of Monday it’s at just 1,067 feet above sea level – about 35% full.

The federal water-shortage declaration means that Arizona and Nevada will face mandatory water cut-backs in January. The cuts will mostly affect farmers in Arizona; the state will lose about one-fifth of the water it normally gets from the river.

“It’s very significant,” explains Brad Udall, senior water and climate scientist at Colorado State University. “It’s something that those of us in the climate community have been worried about for over a decade, based on declining flows and increasing droughts.”

More: https://strangesounds.org/2021/08/us-declares-first-ever-colorado-river-water-shortage-nevada-arizona.html
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Re: US declares first-ever Colorado River water shortage – Arizona and Nevada affected
« Reply #1 on: August 19, 2021, 01:15:01 am »
But by all means let us important hundreds of thousands, probably more if the democrats have their way, to use up even more of our limited water supply. And here in California, backed up by Biden now, the democrats are hell bent on building a bullet train from nowhere to nowhere any sane person wants to go rather than something intelligent and needed like desalination plants and reservoirs to store the water from them.
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Re: US declares first-ever Colorado River water shortage – Arizona and Nevada affected
« Reply #2 on: August 19, 2021, 01:35:23 am »
Why don't they suspend power production and allow the lake to start filling again?  56% of power production goes to California anyway.
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Re: US declares first-ever Colorado River water shortage – Arizona and Nevada affected
« Reply #3 on: August 19, 2021, 01:42:45 am »
Quote from: Hoodat on August 19, 2021, 01:35:23 am
Why don't they suspend power production and allow the lake to start filling again?  56% of power production goes to California anyway.

That's way too logical.
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Re: US declares first-ever Colorado River water shortage – Arizona and Nevada affected
« Reply #4 on: August 19, 2021, 02:02:26 am »
Interesting.  Is this, what the real problem is?  St.George, Utah.  Romney country.  Mormons.
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The Town Trying to Pump Billions of Gallons of Water to Their Desert Community
Mar 5, 2021


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Washington County, Utah is one of the fastest growing regions in the country and to sustain that growth they want to build a pipeline to divert billions of gallons of water from the Colorado River. Conservationists say the project could be a disaster for the drought-stricken Southwest.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWpui1P9cAY
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Re: US declares first-ever Colorado River water shortage – Arizona and Nevada affected
« Reply #5 on: August 19, 2021, 02:09:06 am »

40 Million People Rely on the Colorado River, and Now It's Drying Up
Aug 14, 202



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The first-ever official shortage on the Colorado River is expected to be announced on Monday, Aug. 16. A shortage will mean mandatory cutbacks to some users in the Southwest and offers a stark warning of what's to come if conditions don't improve.

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