Colorado River Compact of 1922 ( 25 million people depend on Colorado River water )

The Steamboat Pilot & Today ^ | August 20, 2006 | Tom Ross

[george76]

Much of Colorado’s water leaves the state in its rivers. That can be explained by the state’s obligations under interstate and international compacts.

Additionally, Colorado has not fully developed — put to use — all of its water. The amount of water yet to be stored in reservoirs for consumptive use is a matter of discussion. ..

In an average year, about 16 million acre-feet flows through Colorado rivers...

Under the Colorado River Compact of 1922, the upper basin states of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming are obligated to allow 75 million acre-feet of water, spread over a span of 10 years, to flow to the lower basin states.

[mtbopfuyn]

What international compacts?

[george76]

The state of Colorado is obligated to send the majority of the water that springs up in tributaries of the Colorado and Green rivers downstream to the lower basin states of Nevada, Arizona and California.

The water obligated to the lower basin is stored in Lake Powell. Accordingly, the status of Lake Powell is critical to Coloradans in terms of meeting their obligation to lower basin states and protecting their own ability to use more water.

http://www2.steamboatpilot.com/news/2006/aug/20/lake_powell_well_below_capacity/?local_news

[Publius6961]

Meanwhile, the professional morons in California, with interstate moron help, are working diligently to destroy the established water supply for San Francisco and a few other peninsula communities...

Stand by for some very intense fireworks; Most people are not stupid, and there is no such thing as "free" money.

[ckilmer]

we're less than 10 years away from the day that desalinised water will be 1/10th of todays cost and cheap enough to pipe inland from the sea. For more info see desalinisation research

[george76]

Mexico, by international compacts , is promised a certain number of acre feet of water.

I do not remember the exact amount, but so much per ten years ?

I will try to find the numbers.

[george76]

Is there an effort by the Sierra Club to remove water reserviors that supply San Fran ?

[mtbopfuyn]

Hey, gotta keep those desert golf courses nice and green.

[george76]

Desalinisation seems to be a logical partial answer.

I read about a recent effort by Huntington Beach, but the Calif. Coastal Commission went nuts.

I believe that Santa Barbara get some of their fresh water from desalinisation .

[Slicksadick]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1686912/posts

[george76]

Thanks. That is the one :

"Hetch Hetchy Valley "

[Grampa Dave]

Yes. One of these days, everyone who lives in a big city will wake up and realize that the Green Weenies hate people and would remove water and food from them if allowed.

[ckilmer]

there's about a dozen desalination plants in various stages of development currently along the california coast. while desal is high-- it still costs 1/3 of what it did 12 years ago.

likely places like nevada will swing deals with LA whereby Nevada would pay to put up a desal plant that would be used by LA and in return Nevada would get some of LA's water allocation from the colorado.

[george76]

Are there two different groups to get approval from ( other than the local cities )... ?

The Calif Coastal Commission and some other one ?

Can desalination plants can be combined with nuclear energy plants to share expenses and structures ?

[george76]

It is the same liberals who prevent drilling for oil, block new refineries, and deny nuclear power plants who complain about high energy prices.

Their electic cars need energy production and transmission wires.

These liberals also forget about old battery storage that might be an envirnomental issue.

GRRRRR.

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[Robert A Cook PE]

Mexico, by international compacts , is promised a certain number of acre feet of water.

I do not remember the exact amount, but so much per ten years ?

I will try to find the numbers.

Which is reasonable: look at the satellite photo's of the border as the Colorado River crosses the border.

There is a very distinct line in the sand for farms, development, and civilization.

then again, that's what's the democrat/socialists are trying to destroy. All in the name of illegal voters!

[Robert A Cook PE]

Yes.

[Robert A Cook PE]

The premise of the (Colorado activism) article assumes somehow that water draining out of Colorado to the south and west could somehow be used in Colorado. But that end of the state is pretty empty, and certainly no "farms" (on a massive level) are possible in the mountains and canyons of SW Colorado.

So, if you dammed the Colorado down there, what good would you do? And, if the Colorado economy somehow used it, what could they use for? You can't "keep" Colorado's water in Colorado - it has to go somewhere!

[george76]

Was there a port at the mouth of the Colorado River where it meets the ocean ?

I thought that there was an effort in the 1800's to supply the Phoenix area with such a port. The distance was closer than any California port.

I remember pictures of paddle boats trying to go up the Colorado River.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Do you have any satellite photo's of the Colorado River - at the Gulf and at the border with AZ?