Upd 8/16: Based on 2023 Lake Mead Proj. - Arizona, Nevada and Mexico must draw less of Mead's water

[dora_da_destroyer]

Imagine a fraction of what we spent in Afghanistan going to water infrastructure in the US...while it’s stupid to have these huge cities in the desert, we do have enough water in other parts of the contiguous US to support these areas, but of course we never focus on problem solving at home

 

[newarkhiphop]

I never thought that something like this can happen in the United States

why?

very possible, at this point we are too big and too divided for our own good. Climate change being ignored for decades and now happening at a rate pace fast than expected

"I never thought that something like this can happen in the United States" is gonna be on this country's tombstone

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

Imagine a fraction of what we spent in Afghanistan going to water infrastructure in the US...while it’s stupid to have these huge cities in the desert, we do have enough water in other parts of the contiguous US to support these areas, but of course we never focus on problem solving at home

I'm baffled as to why a state like California doesn't have desalination plants in place.

Yes they're expensive but it's not astronomical...we have them on our aircraft carriers...atleast the nuclear powered ones.

 

[MushroomX]

I'm baffled as to why a state like California doesn't have desalination plants in place.

Yes they're expensive but it's not astronomical...we have them on our aircraft carriers...atleast the nuclear powered ones.

Desalination would required a massive power grid. Its one of those easy in concept, but then understanding how much power you need to pull it off.

 

[dora_da_destroyer]

Desalination would required a massive power grid. Its one of those easy in concept, but then understanding how much power you need to pull it off.

Again, a focus on infrastructure at home vs wars could’ve gotten this done. Cali could also do this for agriculture and keep freshwater sources for residential and business consumption. Big ag can afford to pay more for water and it wouldn’t have to be treated to the level required for it to be human drinking water

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

Desalination would required a massive power grid. Its one of those easy in concept, but then understanding how much power you need to pull it off.

Doesn't sound impossible though.

Weak excuse from government when we sending people to space and shyt.

 

[88m3]

New Bill to Restrict Toxic 'Forever Chemicals' Could Help Heal Hudson Valley Water Supply

 

[MushroomX]

Lake Powell, on the South Utah/Northern Arizona border, now in the news with the Megadrought.



Incredible before and after photos show just how much this critical reservoir has dried up - CNN

Some Highlights

At around 24% full, Lake Powell is at its lowest level since 1963, when the Glen Canyon Dam was built and the reservoir -- near the Utah-Arizona border -- was filled.

This month, Lake Powell's water level dropped below a key threshold under which the water shortage situation becomes dire. Much below this level, the Glen Canyon Dam risks no longer being able to generate hydropower at the Glen Canyon Powerplant.

There's a 1 in 3 chance Lake Powell's level will be too low in 2023 for the plant to generate electricity, according to a US Bureau of Reclamation report released in September. At full capacity, the dam produces power for around 5.8 million homes and businesses from Nebraska to Nevada.

 

[ORDER_66]

Lake Powell, on the South Utah/Northern Arizona border, now in the news with the Megadrought.



Incredible before and after photos show just how much this critical reservoir has dried up - CNN

Some Highlights

damn

 

[Micky Mikey]

Lake Powell, on the South Utah/Northern Arizona border, now in the news with the Megadrought.



Incredible before and after photos show just how much this critical reservoir has dried up - CNN

Some Highlights

Insane and yet the west has one of the fastest growing population. People have no idea what's coming.

 

[Brehcepticon]

It’s over

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

Desalination should be on the agenda.

This country and California specifically ain't shyt.

Didn't Cali end up with a surplus for their budget or in their cash reserves or some shyt?

I don't want to hear "it's expensive"..




So the fukk whay...this is WATER we're talm bout. We fukking on Mars tryna find water source when Cali is the state with the most coastline and access to water..only Florida maybe compares.

We have desalination plants on our nuclear powered aircraft carriers yet we can't build them for hundreds of millions of human beings living on the west coast?


Cali is a joke..all that money and the social services are shyt...high taxes and for what?

Politicians need to hit the gallows

 

[Spiritual Stratocaster]

Desalination plants that use oil or natural gas as a source of energy to drive the process are small and inefficient. Moreover, energy use requirements for desalination plants are high, and fuel costs are soaring.

Nuclear power is now a viable alternative to fossil fuels.

The great advantage of nuclear energy is its ability to provide large amounts of power to separate freshwater from salty seawater with only a small amount of fuel. And a nuclear plant hooked up to a desalination system can supply energy for the process without polluting the air or emitting greenhouse gases.

 

[Red Shield]

Insane and yet the west has one of the fastest growing population. People have no idea what's coming.

Yeah...been following a bunch of shyt over at the collapse reddit


all these people moving to those desert states

 

[MushroomX]

I did some Math with more people catching on about Powell and Mead.

As of today, Mead's level is 1,045.34 from Lake Mead Water Level

And from this, Lower Colorado River Operations | Lower Colorado Region | Bureau of Reclamation

Year	January	June	December	+/-
2017	1086.08	1079.52	1082.52	-3.56
2018	1087.50	1076.81	1081.46	-6.04
2019	1085.75	1084.71	1090.49	4.74
2020	1094.68	1087.07	1083.72	-10.96
2021	1085.95	1068.77	1066.39	-19.56
2022	1067.09	1045.34		Not set but already -21.75

If we go with the MAX, of -19.56... Hoover Dam Deadpool (when it stops working) is set for 2030.

If we average them out, you get -7.08, then Hoover Dam's Deadpool is 2045.

So somewhere, if this holds up, Hoover Dam won't produce any power from 2030-2045.