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Posted: 5/24/2016 2:10:02 PM EDT
Largest U.S. water reservoir at record low due to drought LAKE MEAD, Nev., May 24 (UPI) -- The water in the largest U.S. reservoir has sunk to a record low, due to the severe drought in the American Southwest. Lake Mead, in Nevada, had dropped 10 feet in three months. With an average depth of 1,084 feet in February, last week the reservoir measured only 1,074 feet deep, or only 37 percent of capacity, according to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. The manmade lake -- formed during the Great Depression by the blocking of the Colorado River with Hoover Dam -- has endured despite the drought that has dried up the mountain snowpacks that feed the river. Lake Mead provides water to California, Arizona and Nevada but if the water stays at this level through the end of the year, the federal government might chose to take emergency measures and limit water supplies to Nevada and Arizona, said Bureau of Reclamation spokesperson Rose Davis. UPI I see one state missing in the water supply limits during the emergency measures. 
Live Lake Mead water level -- 1074.37 ft as of this post Meanwhile... in a nearby state... As drought eases, California reduces water restrictions In a 4-0 vote Wednesday, the State Water Resources Control Board decided to end emergency conservation mandates imposed by Gov. Jerry Brown, and allow urban municipalities to set their own water-use reduction goals. Although the southern part of the state remains severely impacted by the four-year-long drought, rainstorms and winter snows have left northern California hydrated and with ample water in its reservoirs. Local water districts will set their own conservation goals, based on water supply and expected demand. In 2015 the control board was ordered to devise a method for a statewide 25 percent reduction in urban water use. While some California residents have questioned why activities like car washing and lawn watering need to be curtailed, others continue living as if in drought conditions. Some have suggested the state government is compromising a message of unity and shared sacrifice. Under the new regulations, local agencies will "self-certify" their water supply, then submit data to the state government for approval. UPI Speechless. 
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Posted: 5/24/2016 2:12:10 PM EDT
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They could have some of ours...
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Posted: 5/24/2016 2:17:31 PM EDT
[#2]
It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
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Posted: 5/24/2016 2:17:57 PM EDT
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They could have some of ours... Seriously... |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 2:18:52 PM EDT
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It's based on Northern California, which is at 100% levels. There's still sever water restrictions in place including restricted watering, but don't tell my neighbors that
http://ww2.kqed.org/lowdown/2015/09/21/now-that-summers-over-what-do-californias-reservoirs-look-like-a-real-time-visualization/ |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 2:19:30 PM EDT
[#5]
Fuck California.
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Posted: 5/24/2016 2:21:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Seriously... Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: They could have some of ours... Seriously... I've suggested an aqueduct from the East to AZ/NV. Maybe we can get Mexico to build the wall and this aqueduct  |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 2:21:21 PM EDT
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LOL drought.
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Posted: 5/24/2016 2:22:16 PM EDT
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They could have some of ours... Run them a 1/4 inch pipe. As hard as California sucks, that should supply ample water. |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 2:23:06 PM EDT
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welp, lake tahoe sure has a lot of water in right now then last summer.
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Posted: 5/24/2016 2:23:22 PM EDT
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All they need to do is spend a trillion on a nuke power plant and water desal plant on the coast and this problem would be over...
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Posted: 5/24/2016 2:32:29 PM EDT
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We at the East coast can't get rid of water . I see a trans American water pipeline
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Posted: 5/24/2016 2:47:18 PM EDT
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I've suggested an aqueduct from the East to AZ/NV. Maybe we can get Mexico to build the wall and this aqueduct
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They could have some of ours... Seriously... I've suggested an aqueduct from the East to AZ/NV. Maybe we can get Mexico to build the wall and this aqueduct
Man, you are a genius! |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 2:48:44 PM EDT
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They could have some of ours... Indeed. |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 2:51:21 PM EDT
[#14]
Ah government "things are good right now so lets just do whatever"
without the realization that bad times will return quickly |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 2:51:24 PM EDT
[#15]
Well, that's one way to eventually reduce the population in CA...
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Posted: 5/24/2016 2:52:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: We at the East coast can't get rid of water . I see a trans American water pipeline The problem with that is that California would then feel more entitled to the water than the lands it fell on. |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 2:53:43 PM EDT
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Lower Colorado and Lake Meade only supplies water to Southern California. The majority of California (down to Ventura) is supplied through the canals, aqueducts, and rivers of the Central Valley Project. It wouldn't make sense to limit water in the northern area supplied by the CVP, since the northern region can meet all water user demands and maintain temperature requirements for the fishies.
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Posted: 5/24/2016 2:57:23 PM EDT
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Lower Colorado and Lake Meade only supplies water to Southern California. The majority of California (down to Ventura) is supplied through the canals, aqueducts, and rivers of the Central Valley Project. It wouldn't make sense to limit water in the northern area supplied by the CVP, since the northern region can meet all water user demands and maintain temperature requirements for the fishies. Did you catch the part where they are going to limit AZ and NV from getting water out of Lake Mead, but NOT California, the state that has zero say or input to Lake Mead to start with? |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 2:58:39 PM EDT
[#19]
When I can walk around the B-29 let me know....
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Posted: 5/24/2016 2:59:58 PM EDT
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The reason is so many from California are moving to Texas. Plenty of extra water now.
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Posted: 5/24/2016 3:02:22 PM EDT
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Was out at Hoover earlier this year. It was pretty fucking depressing.
Last time I was there as a kid, they almost had water tripping the spillways it was so high. This time? Hundreds and hundreds of feet low. You could see parts of the lake bed that probably hadn't been exposed since the dam was filled. Meanwhile Vegas had exponentially increased in size, go figure. |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 3:29:30 PM EDT
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Did you catch the part where they are going to limit AZ and NV from getting water out of Lake Mead, but NOT California, the state that has zero say or input to Lake Mead to start with? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Lower Colorado and Lake Meade only supplies water to Southern California. The majority of California (down to Ventura) is supplied through the canals, aqueducts, and rivers of the Central Valley Project. It wouldn't make sense to limit water in the northern area supplied by the CVP, since the northern region can meet all water user demands and maintain temperature requirements for the fishies. Did you catch the part where they are going to limit AZ and NV from getting water out of Lake Mead, but NOT California, the state that has zero say or input to Lake Mead to start with? The Lower Colorado supplies almost all of AZ, a portion of NV (including Las Vegas), and a portion of CA (including LA and San Diego). Lake Meade is a Federal Reservoir managed under USBR Lower Colorado Region, so they have the authority to control the flows out of Lake Meade or any other USBR facilities within the region. The states and local water authorities are customers and they can make requests and exert pressure on USBR, but they do not control the water. USBR makes the call but they are limited by NEPA, ESA, and a whole bunch of other laws and agreements. |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 3:36:39 PM EDT
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LOL drought. Are you DKs troll account? 
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Posted: 5/24/2016 3:37:42 PM EDT
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On a hunch, I'm going with "election year shenanigans" for $500 Alex.
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Posted: 5/24/2016 3:41:52 PM EDT
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The problem is antiquated water rights that were put in place when their impact really wasnt known. Kind of like when the government followed Professor Cyrus Thomas and his "rain follows the plow" theory. If the government had followed John Wesley Powells recomendations we probably wouldnt be having this issue.
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Posted: 5/24/2016 3:44:03 PM EDT
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I didn't realize Lake Mead was larger than the great lakes, as it's apparently the largest US water reservoir.
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Posted: 5/24/2016 3:58:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I didn't realize Lake Mead was larger than the great lakes, as it's apparently the largest US water reservoir. |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 4:00:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I didn't realize Lake Mead was larger than the great lakes, as it's apparently the largest US water reservoir. The Great Lakes aren't reservoirs. Unless Paul Bunyan made them. |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 4:00:57 PM EDT
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If only they had a coast line that was surrounded by 1,200 miles of water and DE-salination technology existed.... oh wait.
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Posted: 5/24/2016 4:01:55 PM EDT
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I didn't realize Lake Mead was larger than the great lakes, as it's apparently the largest US water reservoir. No it isn't. Not even close. Lake mead is man made and is also 247 square miles. Our great lake, Superior, is 31,700 square miles. |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 4:03:46 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: If only they had a coast line that was surrounded by 1,200 miles of water and DE-salination technology existed.... oh wait. Too bad there wasn't a clean, abundant energy source that could be used to power de-sal either through electricity or heat from co-generation. *coughnuclear* |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 4:07:23 PM EDT
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Fuck Mulholland and FBHO
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Posted: 5/24/2016 4:08:45 PM EDT
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How long before they try to seriously figure out a way to tap the great lakes, however impractical?
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Posted: 5/24/2016 4:08:53 PM EDT
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Well... when you convert a desert into a farmland/metropolis , things like this happen.
What is it? 1.2 Gallons of water per almond, 4.5 per walnut.. of course Michael Moore, that peice of shit Zuckerberg and the rest of the Ivory tower libs keep green lawns and pay the minor tickets if any... Hey serfs... don't flush your toilets, if its yellow let it mellow man.. that aquifer is getting drained quickly too. not my problem. I can see Lake Michigan from my deck. 
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Posted: 5/24/2016 4:09:42 PM EDT
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I've suggested an aqueduct from the East to AZ/NV. Maybe we can get Mexico to build the wall and this aqueduct
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They could have some of ours... Seriously... I've suggested an aqueduct from the East to AZ/NV. Maybe we can get Mexico to build the wall and this aqueduct
I suggested this 35 years ago in my brilliance of youth. I was told it would take too long to build to make a difference. |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 4:12:41 PM EDT
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They could have some of ours... LOL Fuck that, let them revert to their original desert environment. |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 4:19:29 PM EDT
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Colorado Reaches the ocean
Whats up stream of the Gulf of California along the Colorado? Lake Havasu which is 5 feet from being full (link). Lake Powell which is above mead 100' from full. I have no doubt that there are some drought issues but I don't think we are being told the entire story for a second. I'd bet some enviro wacko's got all uppity so they drained some water to the river without accounting for drought conditions then when runoff season rolled on by without runoff they panicked. |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 4:20:02 PM EDT
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It's a good thing that the illegal aliens in CA prefer to have dirt parking lots for broken down cars where their lawn should be or there would be a more severe water shortage.
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Posted: 5/24/2016 4:21:45 PM EDT
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Fuck California. ...and you too, kind sir. A.W.D. |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 4:23:16 PM EDT
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Been raining like crazy here so far this year.
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Posted: 5/24/2016 4:24:16 PM EDT
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The problem is antiquated water rights that were put in place when their impact really wasnt known. Kind of like when the government followed Professor Cyrus Thomas and his "rain follows the plow" theory. If the government had followed John Wesley Powells recomendations we probably wouldnt be having this issue. There's nothing wrong with water rights. There's everything wrong with cities that are dollars from being bankrupt allowing development to occur so they get those impact fees while ignoring the fact that they don't have the resources to provide for those developments. |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 4:28:52 PM EDT
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The Great Lakes are natural. Depression era folks didn't have to build a dam to make them. Glaciers did that. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I didn't realize Lake Mead was larger than the great lakes, as it's apparently the largest US water reservoir. you didn't build that
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Posted: 5/24/2016 4:30:29 PM EDT
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How about don't build a city in the middle of a fucking desert?
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Posted: 5/24/2016 4:36:20 PM EDT
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We need a viral hashtag or youtube challenge to fix this. Lets do another Ice Bucket Challenge or water bottle dump for change!
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Posted: 5/24/2016 4:48:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Ah government "things are good right now so lets just do whatever" without the realization that bad times will return quickly |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 4:49:19 PM EDT
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Was out at Hoover earlier this year. It was pretty fucking depressing. Last time I was there as a kid, they almost had water tripping the spillways it was so high. This time? Hundreds and hundreds of feet low. You could see parts of the lake bed that probably hadn't been exposed since the dam was filled. Meanwhile Vegas had exponentially increased in size, go figure. Vegas has literally nothing to do with it. The entire state of Nevada only gets a ~2% allotment of water distributed from the Colorado river. Vegas could disappear entirely and it would almost be meaningless to the water problem. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_River_Compact |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 5:09:44 PM EDT
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In other news Trump has requested permission from the Gov't of Ireland to build a seawall
to prevent his golf course from being flooded because of global warming. |
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Posted: 5/24/2016 5:14:57 PM EDT
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I didn't realize Lake Mead was larger than the great lakes, as it's apparently the largest US water reservoir.    
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Posted: 5/24/2016 5:15:59 PM EDT
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It's in a spot that's really not meant to be lake. It's a man made lake. Some of the folks are hitting the alarm bell as if it's a lake that's been around for tens to hundreds of thousands of years.
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Posted: 5/24/2016 5:56:21 PM EDT
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There's nothing wrong with water rights. There's everything wrong with cities that are dollars from being bankrupt allowing development to occur so they get those impact fees while ignoring the fact that they don't have the resources to provide for those developments. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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The problem is antiquated water rights that were put in place when their impact really wasnt known. Kind of like when the government followed Professor Cyrus Thomas and his "rain follows the plow" theory. If the government had followed John Wesley Powells recomendations we probably wouldnt be having this issue. There's nothing wrong with water rights. There's everything wrong with cities that are dollars from being bankrupt allowing development to occur so they get those impact fees while ignoring the fact that they don't have the resources to provide for those developments. Here in Az only about 25% of the water is used by municipalities. Over 70% is agriculture. So I dont know what you are talking about. I suspect neither do you. |
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