primarily driven by drought and a dearth of snow melt in spring time...i.e. Climate Change impacts..

Link: https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/16/climate/lake-powell-reservoir-record-low-colorado-river

Gee, putting a gazillion people into a desert environment drawing water from one river...gee, what could go wrong?

I also read the river compact was based on a faulty assumption of how much water actually flows; they based it on abnormally wet years and thought the river flowed at 16.4 acre-feet per year when it's really only 12.4.

This time-lapse video is remarkable, showing the reduction in size of Lake Mead correlating directly to the growth in Las Vegas Metro area, from 1 million people to today's 3 million.


Link: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1BhYu9Jq87/

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For your political agenda.

The Colorado River crisis is primarily because the river is over used, its water has been over allocated. The Colorado River Compact of 1922 promised more water to 7 very dry states than the river naturally flow when you look at the rapid growth of these states in terms of population, industry and agriculture. Of course the river won’t feed enough water to the reservoirs eventually.

snowmelt is definitely diminishing...consistent with global temperature data...btw, this same scenario is playing out in the European Alps...ski areas are opening later and closing earlier...you can Google that yourself.

Link: https://www.snow.news/p/2026-snow-drought-records

If CC is the primary reason why Amazon river has too much water now? And its flooding increased by 5 folds. Why Mississippi River has too much water? Its flooding on Midwest increased a lot too recently?

each year. This has serious impacts on long term planning for this region. Note that the CC problems in FLA have already driven out private insurance companies there due to the extreme risk/cost projections.

Link: https://iee.psu.edu/news/blog/colorado-river-crisis-water-shortages-climate-change-and-sustainable-management

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