The muddy Colorado River moves through the dry bed of northern Lake Powell on May 13, 2014I think they meant half full.
Didn’t we okay sending a ton of water to Mexico recently?
That Obama... such a smart guy
The muddy Colorado River moves through the dry bed of northern Lake Powell on May 13, 2014I just read the other day that they are celebrating that the Colorado river reached the Sea of Cortez for the first time since the 70’s.
The last time I visited Lake Powell in 1984 it was in danger of overflowing the top of the dam at Page, AZ
I lived and worked at Hite Marina on the north end of the lake.
The marina is no longer there.
How long before they can no longer make electricity with the dam ?
The same amount of water as 100 years ago, supplying millions more people.
Seems to me it’s not a matter of supply, but one of demand.
Sounds to me like they are letting too much water go downstream from the dam.
Glo-bull warmchangdisruption, dontchaknow.
The watersheds of the upper Colorado river are not in a drought- they had close to 100 percent of snowpack, and it’s still snowing. Don’t know why they’ve let so much water out, but it’s not because of a drought.
In addition to hydroelectric power, and recreation, Lake Powell was created to accommodate storage for runoff to mitigate flooding and erosion, and otherwise store “excess” water for irrigation and dry periods...
As of May 25, 2014, according to Colorado SNOTEL Snowpack Update Report, based on Mountain Data from NRCS SNOTEL Sites, the Colorado River Basin snowpack is running at about 185% of median...And still getting heavy snows...
Colorado CDOT has had to blast snow to open passes this year snows have been so heavy...Wet and dry cycles for the Rockies are nothing new...
Lake Powell could be refilled this summer once runoff begins in earnest...
The lake has been at this point or lower several times in it’s history...Looks bad now, but it will be back...
Umm...I’m just sharing this as the numbers don’t ring true to me
http://www.oneonta.edu/faculty/baumanpr/geosat2/Lake_Powell/Colorado_River_Basin_Lake_Powell.htm
The linked article above is from 2001 and states at that time Glenn Canyon dam might not be able to generate power due to low lake level by 2007 and that in 2001 the lake was at 54% capacity.
Something hinky...the net result here is that folks in the SW gained another decade vs. the 2007 predictions of the Oneonta paper. Oooooo...CRISIS! /s
I think it was another FReeper that commented the Bundy fight was likely about water rights; I think that might be found to be factual.
the drought has occurred WITHOUT any rise in annual average global temperatures in the last 17+ years, clearly indicative of bigger forces than CO2 at work, affecting trade winds and jet stream cycles in the atmosphere, dynamically & constantly affecting, and changing, the flow or moisture laden clouds