These idiots can't blame Albuquerque subsidence for sea level rise. What can they blame Albuquerque for?....
Posted on 10/20/2021 3:06:06 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Federal water managers warned Wednesday that like other basins across the western U.S., the Pecos River Basin in New Mexico is likely to experience growing water shortages as temperatures continue to rise over the next century.
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation discussed the findings of a recently completed study on the basin during a virtual briefing, saying the goal of the work was to better understand the threats to water supplies in the region due to climate change. Officials also looked at what tools could be used to stretch resources to help sustain viable agriculture over the coming century as challenges grow.
Reclamation Study Manager Dagmar Llewellyn said those challenges are significant. She described the Pecos basin as arid with a limited and highly variable water supply.
“Drought and climate change-induced aridification is ongoing already in the basin,” she said. “We’ve been seeing less snowfall in the headwaters and more winter precipitation falling as rain. We’ve also been seeing higher consumption rates within the agricultural system.”
A number of factors were worked into the models used for the study, from irrigation shortages and endangered species considerations to water releases for Texas.
Officials acknowledged that population growth in Roswell, Carlsbad and other communities along the Pecos River in eastern New Mexico could impact future demands, but the study didn’t evaluate domestic wells or potential changes in those over time.
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Only in liberal logic are we supposed to believe that global warming causes both waters to rise and also causes water shortages. LOL
Just more hype from so called Federal water managers.
Over the next century? SMD
My Great-grandfather was mentioned in an old book, “Wild Bill west of the Pecos.
The globalist Rats are desperate. COVID mania is fading, so they must accelerate their horse manure “climate” propaganda to subdue the unruly rabble.
These idiots can't blame Albuquerque subsidence for sea level rise. What can they blame Albuquerque for?....
Biden: I lived on the Pecos River. We made Peco Pies. They were the best east, west, north and south of the Pecos! They were a nickel! A nickel! Wait, maybe it was the Poconos. Pocono Pies! Corn Pop was my assistant!
I would say the lower water levels were caused by increased water draws from public and private utilities up river.
The southwest was never arid before. Before the paleface came it was a tropical jungle.
Ah, our daily dose of climate change pushed by the folks who couldn’t pass a frosh real science class.
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