Thanks! we LOVE that Colorado River water.
Posted on 05/16/2014 3:13:52 PM PDT by Olog-hai
She wasn’t necessarily popping champagne Thursday, but conservationist Jennifer Pitt was certainly celebrating the arrival of water from the Colorado River into the Sea of Cortez.
It was a monumental moment for conservationists, who said that water hasn’t flowed regularly from the Colorado River to the sea in more than 50 years. It temporarily reached the sea twice in the 1980s and last in 1993. […]
The water reached the sea on Thursday afternoon. It traveled nearly 100 miles from a previously barren delta at the Morelos Dam just south of where California, Arizona and Mexico meet. It was a result of a bi-national agreement that came together after years of negotiations.
Enough water to supply over 200,000 homes for a year was released on March 23 in an effort to revive trees, wildlife and aquatic life that have perished since the (Colorado River D)elta dried up decades ago. …
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southwestern willow flycatcher is the same bird that enviros used to pressure the BLM to act against Bundy
Binational Cooperation -
The landmark agreement clearing the way for this spring's water release, known as Minute 319, was signed in November 2012 as an addendum to the 1944 water treaty between the U.S. and Mexico.
In addition to the pulse flow, the agreement allows Mexico to store water in U.S. reservoirs, and it specifies that both countries will share the benefits of water surpluses
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/03/140322-colorado-river-delta-pulse-flow-morelos-dam-minute-319-water/
A quick check of the delta region on Google earth lends perspective to this article. The river delta appears to be one gigantic wetland, with several fingers of the gulf extending up into it from the south.
And the world does not revolve around kookafornia.
If southern kookie did not suck up every drop of water in the Southwest and waste it THAT Colorado river might not be dry!
This article sounds so bogus. Where was the water released from? Sure reads like it was released from a dam in Mexico, NOT in the US. In other words, Mexico has been holding this water back. Plus, it was called a pulse release which sounds like it was a temporary release.
Best as I know from living in the So Cal desert, water has been flowing into Mexico for years, maybe not much but it flows. As for the Colorado, there has been a drought for several years, and the river is running low. Check the water levels behind the Hoover Dam.
As for the quality of that water, it is not good as it has a high salinity level. Not sure it is drinkable, and it may harm plant life.
Thanks! we LOVE that Colorado River water.
No. Mexico has a legitimate share of the Colorado's water. The water in question was, indeed, released from a dam that is physically located in Mexico -- just south of the border.
What a waste - all that water flowing through a vast arid area, NOT being used by the humans for its life-giving properties, just running back into the sea.
They warned climate change would raise the ocean water levels. They’re getting worried. Have to help raise that level. Haha!
just running back into the sea.”
Well, they said the seas are going to rise 12 feet. It has to come from somewhere.
There used to be steamboats on the Colorado.
The Salton Sea was formed when an irrigation project failed during a flood, sending Colorado river water into the depression there.
What can ‘too much’ mean, though? If now it is not being used and allowed to just ‘run free?’ The ocean didn’t need it, the land does.
My sis is a hydrogeologist, worked on this stuff in Arizona, too. She said the politics turned her stomach.
The farmers tried to use less water by replacing traditional irrigation with drip irrigation. What happened was that because of the reduced water flow salts and other nasty things started to pile up in the soil. So they had to flood the fields to get rid of these toxins. So there was no real savings.
If you're OK with corn and wheat, and don't want any fresh fruit and veggies then Kookoo-for-Cocoa-Pervs-ornia can pound sand.
But if you're a conservative, and you believe in tradition and contracts, and your forefathers were too shortsighted to see how valuable water would become and failed to retain sufficient water rights then you either have to renege on your contracts or pound sand yourselves.
1. A river is more than just a funnel of water. It affects the entire ecology around it on both sides. It affects the weather as well. It's more complicated, I know, that just a funnel of water. You know that.
It also supports all the life from microscopic to full blown fish and fish provide food for all kinds of mammals.
As the water enters the sea, there are estuaries, deltas and confluences, all important parts of our ecology.
And, sooner or later the water, at sea or in lakes, evaporates and comes down as rain somewhere else.
Also, there is EXACTLY the same amount of water on earth today as 5 billion years ago. No more, no less. In many forms.
2. Your sis...I bet she has had a BELLYFULL of all the politics. It won't be ending any time soon. Just a guess! :o)
I'm sure your sister has managed to sort our all the B.S. and focus on the important stuff: God, family (especially sibs!) and friends. Make her day and send her a SMALL box of chocolate candy, just for fun.
NOT A THING as long as I have a pair of dry socks in the truck of my car after I've played the course.
Not what conservationism is all about. We don't always make good decisions on where to develop "civilization" and then expand to the point where local resources cannot support it. The Colorado River and the "management" of the whole area has been a cluster....
hahah
ah the water cycle. who knew/s
hahaha
Lol. WHODDA thunk?
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