How much of Lake Meads water shortage is due to Migration

It's good to see you adding and contributing to the thread this morning, I'd like to keep monitoring this topic for the next 6 months

Me too. I'm going to add it to my favorites.

I think that would be beneficial to all.

Suffice to say that while the uppermost reservoirs in Colorado are healthy, everything down to Lake Powell is not.

Maybe Colorado is depriving the SW of water and no one knows it.

We shall see, yeah?

Another video of the situation

I think that's a better answer. I opened this thread thinking the lake would be drained to cause migration away from that area, not that migration to the area caused an "overconsumption." I can see powers wanting to displace 80 million or whatever Americans from the area.

Let's go back to the data from the upper part of the Colorado River basin (in the state of Colorado) and see what data is to be found.

Surprisingly it's easy to find what % of normal all the big downstream reservoirs are at, but nary a mention across multiple search engines for what level of storage the upstream Colorado River impoundments are at versus normal.

So, let's start with Lake Granby (source of the Colorado River) and the elevation of it's water above sea level:

[link to www.usbr.gov (secure)]

2022 March/April low: 8,234'
2022 July high: 8,278'

(even with a delayed spring runoff that's high water for late summer)

Shadow Mtn. Reservoir:

[link to www.usbr.gov (secure)]

2021 Oct/Nov low: 8,366.39'
2022 July high: 8,366.49'


(only a .10 fluctuation through the entire runoff!)

Green Mountain Reservoir:

2022 April low: 7,880'
2022 July high: 7,938'

(carrying an additional 58' of water this late in the summer)

Williams Fork Reservoir:

2021 Oct. low: 8,119'
2022 July high: 8,121'

(a fluctuation through the entire runoff season of only 2'!)

Without taking into consideration how releases are made to local area water districts and irrigation commitments, the question remains why is there this much late summer storage upstream while the lower Colorado basin parches out?

Earlier this year Flaming Gorge Res. in Wyoming made a half million acre foot release to Lake Powell and it brought the drying lake up 17'. Since that time no more releases have been made.

Is the state of Colorado itself drying up the system by withholding flows?

Yes there is major drought in the West, but could someone(s) be making it appear and even become a crisis with curtailed releases?

Hmmm...

Yes the State of Colorado has told the Government to go f itself, watch the video I posted earlier today, it explains it all. Water Wars in the near future??

*6% of all water goes to AG... they should not be growing shit in those regions.

86%

Water wars soon, agreed.

Quite unique that the Feds haven't called Colorado's bluff yet.

Quite unique how silently this upstream taking - great video.

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Cadilac Desert the book

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August update on Lake Mead

Probably easier and cheaper to build nuke plants and ROWPU units

An imaginary lake that was created by men, not by nature, should have how much water exactly?

You spelled Nestle wrong in your title...

Why the same as every other mad made water embayment across the face of the planet - which is to say however much it was designed to contain, adjusted for seasonal variances, and balanced against the consumptive use of its user base. duh.

You got something against reservoirs pal?

Not even close in a nation that takes decades to permit, let alone bring online, a new nuclear plant.

The prospect of desalainating brackish groundwater however has been proven in El Paso, so...

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[link to waterdata.usgs.gov (secure)]

[link to nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov (secure)]

[link to webgis.water.nv.gov (secure)]

[link to groundwater.stanford.edu (secure)]

Today, groundwater accounts for 45.6% of the state's total freshwater supply.6 A little more than half the groundwater withdrawn is used for agriculture with another 30% used for mining operations.7 Groundwater accounts for 100% of individual household water use and 22.9% of public supplies.8


Revealing data is fun, innit?

OP: Not only is there 4.1 million more people drinking the water.......
The 4.1 million more people also use water to take a bath/shower.
The 4.1 million more people also use water to flush the bathroom toilet.
The 4.1 million more people also use water to wash dishes.
The 4.1 million more people also use water to wash their cloths.

Mississippi River carries 30X what the colorado river does.

You are dumb.