Faye Loves GodzillaFeb 6, 2023
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The Colorado River crisis is so bad, lakes Mead and Powell are unlikely to refill in our lifetimes.

The megadrought over the last 23 years has worsened the water deficit and left Lake Mead about 70% empty. Upstream, Lake Powell has declined to just 23% of full capacity.

“To think that these things would ever refill requires some kind of leap of faith that I, for one, don’t have,” said Brad Udall, a water and climate scientist at Colorado State University.

Read more at
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-02-05/colorado-river-reservoirs-unlikely-to-refill-experts-say

Key Colorado River reservoirs unlikely to refill in our lifetimes

One California water manager says Colorado River reservoirs aren't likely to refill. Scientists agree that the region needs to plan for a drier future.

Los Angeles Times
Feb 6, 2023 at 5:51pmWeb
Show threadShield MaidenFeb 6, 2023
@losangelestimes Will this impending chronic water shortage actually prove to be America's tipping point re climate change though? I think it'll play a huge part.
Show threadJoeyfingisFeb 6, 2023
@losangelestimes The water wars are for real, they are coming.
Show threadlord pthenq1Feb 6, 2023

@losangelestimes

Pienso en la sequía que se viene en la Pampa y me alegra el día...

Show threadEvannakitaFeb 6, 2023

@losangelestimes Honestly, like…considering the environmental disasters involved in the creation of both of those lakes, I have to wonder if refilling them *should* be the goal.

The west didn’t always rely on those lakes as its water supply. I feel like they should only be used as a temporary stopgap while more sustainable water supply plans are set up.

Show threadJasmineFeb 6, 2023

@losangelestimes

Water wars are coming.

Show threadCatherine is not complacentFeb 6, 2023
@MysticaRose @losangelestimes been saying this for years.
Show threadJasmineFeb 7, 2023

@CatDragon @losangelestimes

Me, too. Texas has been fighting with Oklahoma over the Red River for years now. No one talks about it though. It's almost as if they don't want us to know 🤔

Show threadDebby RyanFeb 7, 2023
@losangelestimes This is NOT a weather crisis. This is a manmade crisis. Incredibly poor management of resources has led to basically running the river dry. The drought is exacerbating the problem but overuse of a limited resource is the real villain.
Show threadMario BenfieldFeb 7, 2023
@losangelestimes Don’t worry be happy. I read the Farmers Almanac, it forecasts rain.it only two weeks to fill up a lot of our reservoirs in California and high snow packs. All the glacier runoff has to go
Somewhere west of Topeka.
Show threada1Feb 7, 2023
@losangelestimes rising sea-levels don't help, do they? 
Show threadTerri HarlandFeb 9, 2023
@losangelestimes
We used to rent floating houses and spend a weekend on the water back in the 80’s. So sad that our grandkids will never see how beautiful Lake Mead was.