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Ever go driving through the suburbs of Phoenix? Grass yard here, there, everywhere…in a desert…during a drought.Lake Powell is about to drop below a critical level never reached before, as drought rages on | CNN
The US Bureau of Reclamation told CNN it is currently anticipating water levels in Lake Powell to reach a significant elevation of 3,525 feet above sea level sometime between March 10 and 16, putting hydropower generation at heightened risk of being forced offline.
I can't say I believe either way as far as "Man Made' climate change goes. But every time I hear about severe drought I think of excessive population growth. Which I don't think ANY ONE ever discusses when their talking drought. And I go to google earth and pick a city in the desert to look at the back yard pools....
The population and urban sprawl of Phoenix is insane. Whether or not you think man is causing climate change is irrelevant. The world changes - people adapt to survive.I can't say I believe either way as far as "Man Made' climate change goes. But every time I hear about severe drought I think of excessive population growth. Which I don't think ANY ONE ever discusses when their talking drought. And I go to google earth and pick a city in the desert to look at the back yard pools....
I'm amazed that in Cali a city like San Diego even allows people to keep pools filled.
I keep saying, and have been saying for years, that climate change/etc., is just one of the symptoms of peak carrying capacity - i.e., the human population is exceeding the carrying capacity of its environment (Earth). One of the symptoms of this in any given species/organism, is consumption of resources and production of waste - in the case of humans, this has affected the climate.
Golf courses for the retirees.
And swimming pools for the rich? I say for the rich because I'm guessing that Cali makes pool owners get expensive permits for their pools now.Citing drought, US won't give water to California farmers
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — With California entering the third year of severe drought,...www.theridgefieldpress.com
Not to worry.....there is plenty for the illegals who keep coming.
Aloha, Mark
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Severe drought and mandatory water cuts are pitting communities against each other in Arizona | CNN
Some communities in Arizona are facing the very real possibility of losing access to the precious water that remains.
Sad, but true.
It has an interesting history of water rights and usage.. I did a paper in college and a lot of research on the Dam and River projects.Expanding drought leaves western US scrambling for water
Tumbleweeds drift along the Rio Grande as sand bars within its banks widen. One of North America’s longest rivers, the Rio Grande is another example of a waterway in the western U.S. that’s tapped out. From the Pacific Northwest to the Colorado River Basin, irrigation districts already are...www.yahoo.com
Aloha, Mark
Kind of like the Columbia River?
And the Snake. As someone who has been up the Columbia as far as one can go in a power boat on the US side of the border, in all of the reservoirs, I can say there are many hydro dams on the Columbia. Been up the Snake river too.
