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Wednesday, May 13th, 2015

Dry Heat: As Lake Mead hits record lows and water shortages loom, Arizona prepares for the worst.

Author:     Eric Holthaus
Source:     Slate
Publication Date:     May 8 2015 3:11 PM
 Link: Dry Heat: As Lake Mead hits record lows and water shortages loom, Arizona prepares for the worst.
Stephan:   This story explains why we are going to see migrations out of the Southwest as a result of water scarcity. This trend is going to have an enormous negative impact on the economics of the region, and the lives of hundreds of thousands.
Environmentalists have long-lamented the damming of scenic Glen Canyon in the early 1960's to create the 186-mile-long Lake Powell. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is evaluating four proposals to manage the drought on the Colorado River, which supplies water and power to millions of people in the western states. The bureau has warned that shortages are possible as early as 2010. If the water drops too far, power generators at the dams will become inoperable. Credit: ozarker.org

Environmentalists have long-lamented the damming of scenic Glen Canyon in the early 1960’s to create the 186-mile-long Lake Powell. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is evaluating four proposals to manage the drought on the Colorado River, which supplies water and power to millions of people in the western states. The bureau has warned that shortages are possible as early as 2010. If the water drops too far, power generators at the dams will become inoperable.
Credit: ozarker.org

Last week, Lake Mead, which sits on the border of Nevada and Arizona, set a new record low—

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1 Comment

  1. steve hovland on Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at 6:14 am

    In an average year, the amount of rain that falls on Tuscon exceeds the amount they import from the Colorado River at great expense. Rain harvesting is the answer.