Lake Mead saw its first negative since the start of runoff yesterday.

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Jun 6, 2023
8:23:10am

RSL I am a dad joke

They've also been releasing a ton of water downstream.

https://lakemead.water-data.com/

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Originally posted on Jun 6, 2023 at 8:23:10am

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It is going to take several years of winters like this to fill Powell.

RSL I am a dad joke

6/6/23 8:20am

Maybe if they didn’t drain a bunch of it into Lake Mead.

RdF3

6/6/23 8:21am

Lake Mead saw its first negative since the start of runoff yesterday.

RSL

6/6/23 8:23am

I don’t think lake mead has risen as much as lake Powell

elderyoda

6/6/23 8:32am

Not a lot at all

RSL

6/6/23 8:42am

Considering it took 17 years to fill

crimedog

6/6/23 8:24am

flying over the GSL yesterday and amazed at how much of it is dry sand.

mudpupper

6/6/23 8:25am

GSL is currently 3 feet below average and 6 feet below the high. It's a shallow

Benfica1

6/6/23 10:19am

Does it need to be full? Is that the goal?

pink22

6/6/23 8:26am

Ideally that's the reason why we build a dam, right? To have full water storage.

RSL

6/6/23 8:43am

Is it? I always thought it was to hold it until it's needed elsewhere. If it's

SUAVO

6/6/23 8:51am

Lake Powell is the reserve which allows the upper states to use water.

Littlerich

6/6/23 8:55am

So, if its full then the upper states don't need the water and the lower states

SUAVO

6/6/23 9:11am

No, if it full you have a reserve for the future as well as the present.

Littlerich

6/7/23 7:54am

Yes, but that means nobody needs the water.

SUAVO

6/7/23 8:02pm

They could fill it up if they didn’t let so much out. So that’s why I asked.

pink22

6/6/23 9:05am

The priority is complying with the law on water rights- on average 7.5 million acre feet have to flow out of Powell

scall

6/6/23 9:14am

Add to that the fact that the western U.S. region has had a fluctuating climate

TailgateU

6/6/23 10:40am

Nuclear power and Nuclear powered desalination is the way California needs to get its power and water.

scall

6/6/23 10:47am

Not even CA has that kind of money

Nat Gas Man

6/6/23 11:24am

It's not that expensive, and they could charge the market rate for water to pay

TailgateU

6/6/23 11:27am

Most of the cost of nuclear power

CougarMandias

6/6/23 1:47pm

Thank you. That’s good info.

King of Y

6/6/23 12:48pm

Love the substantive comment. Good info.

CougarMandias

6/6/23 1:47pm

Colorado needs more winters like Utah had.

Cobra Venom

6/6/23 8:26am

Not to mention how low aquifers are. This is a great start, but water concerns are hardly over.

Byron McNertney

6/6/23 8:27am

It could just as easily be a fluke year and back to drought

Nat Gas Man

6/6/23 8:29am

I'm going to wager that it was definitely a fluke year

letthewookieewin

6/6/23 8:33am

History sides with you.

scall

6/6/23 8:50am

We are all going to die.

YbeatsU

6/6/23 11:05am

RE: We are all going to die.

TailgateU

6/6/23 11:28am

cutting back on usage from CO River will help. I think AZ, CO, CA have agreed to

Avery

6/6/23 8:50am

I thought that was only a temporary cutback

SUAVO

6/6/23 8:52am

I didn’t think CA agreed

Nat Gas Man

6/6/23 8:58am

How about we celebrate the water year through the end of the runoff before we go

YbeatsU

6/6/23 9:19am

Have you followed any of my posts on this?

RSL

6/6/23 9:21am

The goal should be to conserve & use water that's available by year. Selfishness

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