The Prisoner
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KINGMAN – With the current drought situation in the southwest, including Mohave County, it looks like the water level at Lake Mead will continue to drop. It is forecast that the level will drop at least another 5 feet before the start of the new year.
Lake Mead is and has always been a source of water for the southwest. The water in the lake provides for 40 million people in seven states and Mexico.
Las Vegas receives most of its water directly from Lake Mead.
Even though this spring there was a slightly above average snowpack in the Rocky Mountains, and the level of water in Lake Mead was higher than in past years, the amount of water being withdrawn from the nation’s largest man-made reservoir has caused the water level to drop substantially this summer.
And with the forecast for the lake level to drop at least 5 more vertical feet by Jan. 1, that doesn’t sound good for Mohave County and the people who use the lake for many things, including recreation.
Arizona gets a lot of water from the Colorado River via the Central Arizona Project (CAP) canal that starts in Lake Havasu and runs 336 miles to a point 14 miles south of Tucson.
Arizona currently pays the Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT) and the Gila Indian Community for part of their Colorado River allocations in order to keep water flowing into the state for domestic and agriculture use.
So why are the Colorado River lakes receiving less water in a year of above average snowpack?
Some experts say it’s caused by the drying out of the southwest due to higher temperatures. That means the ground soaks up more water in hot, dry years the southwest is experiencing.
In one report by the Colorado River Research Group, they said that the area had been in a drought from 2000 to 2018.
A few years back I was involved in a documentary by National Geographic entitled,” Killing the Colorado.” If you haven’t seen it, you should. It had some frightening information.
One statement I remember vividly was when one of the men being interviewed put his hand into the river and said: “This (water) is more valuable than oil!”
Article by Don Martin.........Did a copy and paste because you need a password; got cut off.
Lake Mead is and has always been a source of water for the southwest. The water in the lake provides for 40 million people in seven states and Mexico.
Las Vegas receives most of its water directly from Lake Mead.
Even though this spring there was a slightly above average snowpack in the Rocky Mountains, and the level of water in Lake Mead was higher than in past years, the amount of water being withdrawn from the nation’s largest man-made reservoir has caused the water level to drop substantially this summer.
And with the forecast for the lake level to drop at least 5 more vertical feet by Jan. 1, that doesn’t sound good for Mohave County and the people who use the lake for many things, including recreation.
Arizona gets a lot of water from the Colorado River via the Central Arizona Project (CAP) canal that starts in Lake Havasu and runs 336 miles to a point 14 miles south of Tucson.
Arizona currently pays the Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT) and the Gila Indian Community for part of their Colorado River allocations in order to keep water flowing into the state for domestic and agriculture use.
So why are the Colorado River lakes receiving less water in a year of above average snowpack?
Some experts say it’s caused by the drying out of the southwest due to higher temperatures. That means the ground soaks up more water in hot, dry years the southwest is experiencing.
In one report by the Colorado River Research Group, they said that the area had been in a drought from 2000 to 2018.
A few years back I was involved in a documentary by National Geographic entitled,” Killing the Colorado.” If you haven’t seen it, you should. It had some frightening information.
One statement I remember vividly was when one of the men being interviewed put his hand into the river and said: “This (water) is more valuable than oil!”
Article by Don Martin.........Did a copy and paste because you need a password; got cut off.