www.californiadroughtupdate.org/20210819-California-Water-and-Infrastructure-Report.pdf?_t=1629421035
“On Monday, as the two largest reservoirs in the nation, both on the Colorado River– Lake Mead behind Hoover Dam and Lake Powell behind Glen Canyon Dam– reached levels of water not seen since the dams were built, at about 30 percent of capacity, the Bureau of Reclamation announced for the first time in its history a “Tier One Shortage Condition” on the Colorado River. As per the agreement between the seven states and Mexico relying on the river for water, cutbacks in the delivery of water will begin in January to Arizona, Nevada and the nation of Mexico. Along with the declaration, statements accompanying it warned that perhaps soon more cutbacks will be announced for California, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming.”
The week’s report begins with my article, “Declarations of Water Delivery Shutdowns Announce Vast Destruction of Western Agriculture.” I also provide some of the articles which were used to write it.
Then it is on to the drought, with the U.S. Drought Monitor and report that the coming winter most likely will be an “El Nino,” meaning that most likely the drought will continue through it.
A short excerpt on the Colorado River provides some useful statistics on the impact of the water and power in shaping the entire economy of the Southwestern states.
Power, or simply, electricity comes next, with several articles highlighting the insanity of the California policy of attempting to move to a 100% renewable base.
The report concludes with several reports under the title, “More Than One Million Acres Have Burned Already This Year in California.”
