Water

[ccp]

https://mead.uslakes.info/level.asp

click on year you want to view

between 2018 and now

[Crafty_Dog]

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-09-desalination-freshwater-cheaper.html

[DougMacG]

I hear Lake Mead and Lake Powell were making comebacks as we hear about climate based drought and running out of water.  Those aren't lakes anyway, aren't they reservoirs?  And maybe they would fill up if we weren't pumping them dry.

Meanwhile Lake Superior has 3000 CUBIC MILES of water just sitting there.

An inch of this lake is a half trillion gallons and it's more than a thousand feet deep.

https://m.startribune.com/baking-flour-lake-superior-bread-curious-minnesota/600315213/

  Don't sail there in November, it's a bit treacherous.
https://gordonlightfoot.com/wreckoftheedmundfitzgerald.shtml

[ccp]

Adding California water management to this thread:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEnE_pxI7Xs

[Crafty_Dog]

(3) COLORADO DROUGHT PLAN TO DRASTICALLY CUT WATER USAGE: A Department of Interior Bureau of Reclamation said it will issue a final decision on a drought plan for the Colorado River basin in the coming weeks.

The plan is expected to force farmers and other water users in Arizona and California to drastically cut water use through 2026.
Why It Matters: Low water levels in the Colorado River Basin are a significant threat to agriculture and power generation in western states. Low river levels have created the conditions for a “dead pool” scenario in Lake Mead and Lake Powell that could stop water flow for downriver states. Water security remains a growing domestic threat in the U.S., as drought has hit both the Colorado River Basin and the Ogallala aquifer that provides water for most U.S. agricultural production. – R.C.

[Crafty_Dog]

(2) BIDEN ADMIN INVOKES FEDERAL WATER RIGHTS OVER STATE: Georgia State University law professor Ryan Rowberry said the Biden administration’s unprecedented enforcement of federal water rights at Georgia’s Okefenokee Wildlife Refuge will force states to comply with federal rights over state waterways.
Mining company Twin Pines attorney Lewis Jones said the Biden administration has no legal basis for enforcing federal water rights in eastern states.
Why It Matters: The Biden administration invoking federal water rights over Georgia waterways that flow through the Okefenokee federal land will likely set a precedent the current and future administrations will use to exercise power over state waterways. If the water security situation in the U.S. continues to worsen, with major droughts in the Colorado River Basin and the pending collapse of the Ogallala Aquifer, the federal government could use this precedent to take control of state waterways with the justification that they flow into federal land. – R.C.

[Crafty_Dog]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-warns-cyberattacks-against-water-181349931.html