[ThunderSleeps]

The Cement creek - previously struggling, now undoubtedly dead - flows into the Animas river. That flows into the San Juan. The San Juan flows into Lake Powell - yeah, one of those big reservoirs everyone's been so concerned about. Within Lake Powell this flow joins the Colorado river. Flows through the Grand Canyon, and then in Lake Mead. The same Lake Mead that is at historical lows due to over-commitment of water.

So with this ongoing eff-up they are threatening recreation, tourism, and drinking water / ag water across a pretty good swath of the southwestern US. Everything from the indian reservations of SW Colorado and NW New Mexico through the drinking water for Las Vegas, Phoenix, LA, and water for So-Cal ag including the Imperial valley.

You'd almost think they wanted/needed another crisis/opportunity, and here one is for them.

[fishtank]