US Water Shortaages

The agency's models project Lake Mead will fall below 1,075 feet (328 meters) for the first time in June 2021. That's the level that prompts a shortage declaration under agreements negotiated by seven states that rely on Colorado River water: Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.
https://apnews.com/article/arizona-colorado-lakes-water-shortages-colorado-river-09302e61c5e0ef051f50459f3dcb771f

HarveyH55 wrote:
Oh NO! Global Warming, Global Warning... The climate is changing, from winter to spring MELTING. All that snow accumulation in the mountains, will start melting, over the next month or two. Along with the usual spring showers. The reservoirs will fill rapidly enough, like they do every year. They would be a 'water' shortage, if California quit wasting so much, fighting wildfires, they could have stopped/minimized. And, of course, the rich folks watering their precious yards, even though the lived out of state, most of the pandemic.

HarveyH55 wrote:
Oh NO! Global Warming, Global Warning... The climate is changing, from winter to spring MELTING. All that snow accumulation in the mountains, will start melting, over the next month or two. Along with the usual spring showers. The reservoirs will fill rapidly enough, like they do every year. They would be a 'water' shortage, if California quit wasting so much, fighting wildfires, they could have stopped/minimized. And, of course, the rich folks watering their precious yards, even though the lived out of state, most of the pandemic.

Into the Night wrote:

HarveyH55 wrote:
Oh NO! Global Warming, Global Warning... The climate is changing, from winter to spring MELTING. All that snow accumulation in the mountains, will start melting, over the next month or two. Along with the usual spring showers. The reservoirs will fill rapidly enough, like they do every year. They would be a 'water' shortage, if California quit wasting so much, fighting wildfires, they could have stopped/minimized. And, of course, the rich folks watering their precious yards, even though the lived out of state, most of the pandemic.

It's not even waste. The simply don't collect it.

HarveyH55 wrote:

Into the Night wrote:

HarveyH55 wrote:
Oh NO! Global Warming, Global Warning... The climate is changing, from winter to spring MELTING. All that snow accumulation in the mountains, will start melting, over the next month or two. Along with the usual spring showers. The reservoirs will fill rapidly enough, like they do every year. They would be a 'water' shortage, if California quit wasting so much, fighting wildfires, they could have stopped/minimized. And, of course, the rich folks watering their precious yards, even though the lived out of state, most of the pandemic.

It's not even waste. The simply don't collect it.

True, they could collect a lot more, and save it, as they tend to run short often.

HarveyH55 wrote:
California dumps millions of gallons of it on the ground, every year, to water lawns of the rich,

HarveyH55 wrote:
and dowse wildfires.

HarveyH55 wrote:
Both are wasteful, since both could easily be reduced.

HarveyH55 wrote:
They'd rather complain about drought,

HarveyH55 wrote:
rather than see grass die,

HarveyH55 wrote:
or replace it with a more drought-friendly ground cover.

HarveyH55 wrote:
The wildfires can be easily mitigated,

HarveyH55 wrote:
as several other states share the same conditions,

HarveyH55 wrote:
Access roads, fire breaks, prescribed burns to remove underbrush, cost money to maintain, and aren't visual appealing.

HarveyH55 wrote:
So California prefers to burn,

HarveyH55 wrote:
and waste water resources,

HarveyH55 wrote:
and complain about it every year, begging for federal emergency relief money, that they miss-spend on non-emergency projects.

gfm7175 wrote:
Apparently we've had plenty of wildfires here in Wisconsin this Spring (or so I hear). Down where I am, we've mainly just been doing prescribed burns on days that aren't too windy. A prescribed burn was done at one of the marshes where I hike (along the Ice Age Trail). The underbrush in the forested areas was also burned. It all looked quite beautiful.

Water scarcity is the lack of sufficient available water resources to meet the demands of water usage within a region.

It already affects every continent and around 2.8 billion people around the world at least one month out of every year.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/water_scarcity.htm

James___ wrote:

gfm7175 wrote:
Apparently we've had plenty of wildfires here in Wisconsin this Spring (or so I hear). Down where I am, we've mainly just been doing prescribed burns on days that aren't too windy. A prescribed burn was done at one of the marshes where I hike (along the Ice Age Trail). The underbrush in the forested areas was also burned. It all looked quite beautiful.

The topic of this thread is water shortages in the west. It is well known that fresh water "supplies" around the globe are becoming scarce.

Water scarcity is the lack of sufficient available water resources to meet the demands of water usage within a region.

It already affects every continent and around 2.8 billion people around the world at least one month out of every year.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/water_scarcity.htm

HarveyH55 wrote:
I really don't get the scarce fresh water thing. We just got a lot of fresh water this morning, fill right out of the sky. Good chance of getting a second helping this afternoon.

HarveyH55 wrote:
I lived out west for a while, rained a lot, day and night, sucked. California gets rain too. After the wildfire season, they have the wet season, and mudslides, because the killed of a lot of the vegetation, that kept the soil anchored.

Why do households in arid Utah use so much more water than in, say, Maine? The main factor, the authors note, is outdoor watering for lawns and gardens. "Whereas residents in wetter states in the East can often rely on rainwater for their landscaping, the inhabitants of Western states must rely on sprinklers."
https://www.vox.com/2014/10/17/6994811/map-household-water-use-american-west-drought

James___ wrote:

HarveyH55 wrote:
I really don't get the scarce fresh water thing. We just got a lot of fresh water this morning, fill right out of the sky. Good chance of getting a second helping this afternoon.

The American southwest is not in Florida. Maybe you could learn some geography? I know, you live in Panem, right? May the odds be ever in your favor.

Into the Night wrote:

James___ wrote:

HarveyH55 wrote:
I really don't get the scarce fresh water thing. We just got a lot of fresh water this morning, fill right out of the sky. Good chance of getting a second helping this afternoon.

The American southwest is not in Florida. Maybe you could learn some geography? I know, you live in Panem, right? May the odds be ever in your favor.

Washington IS in the West. We've had a LOT of fresh water lately. Just fell right out of the sky. Good chance at getting plenty more next week. Our snow pack is in excellent condition too.

James___ wrote:

gfm7175 wrote:
Apparently we've had plenty of wildfires here in Wisconsin this Spring (or so I hear). Down where I am, we've mainly just been doing prescribed burns on days that aren't too windy. A prescribed burn was done at one of the marshes where I hike (along the Ice Age Trail). The underbrush in the forested areas was also burned. It all looked quite beautiful.

The topic of this thread is water shortages in the west. It is well known that fresh water "supplies" around the globe are becoming scarce.

Water scarcity is the lack of sufficient available water resources to meet the demands of water usage within a region.

It already affects every continent and around 2.8 billion people around the world at least one month out of every year.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/water_scarcity.htm

HarveyH55 wrote:

James___ wrote:

gfm7175 wrote:
Apparently we've had plenty of wildfires here in Wisconsin this Spring (or so I hear). Down where I am, we've mainly just been doing prescribed burns on days that aren't too windy. A prescribed burn was done at one of the marshes where I hike (along the Ice Age Trail). The underbrush in the forested areas was also burned. It all looked quite beautiful.

The topic of this thread is water shortages in the west. It is well known that fresh water "supplies" around the globe are becoming scarce.

Water scarcity is the lack of sufficient available water resources to meet the demands of water usage within a region.

It already affects every continent and around 2.8 billion people around the world at least one month out of every year.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/water_scarcity.htm

I understand English, better than you spell it... You obviously opened the the thread, to include the entire planet, which is what I responded to.

Landscaping only requires watering, if you plant non-native, and less drought-friendly grass and shrubs. Lot of people want to keep the same landscaping they had, in wetter climates, before moving south.

James___ wrote:

HarveyH55 wrote:

James___ wrote:

gfm7175 wrote:
Apparently we've had plenty of wildfires here in Wisconsin this Spring (or so I hear). Down where I am, we've mainly just been doing prescribed burns on days that aren't too windy. A prescribed burn was done at one of the marshes where I hike (along the Ice Age Trail). The underbrush in the forested areas was also burned. It all looked quite beautiful.

The topic of this thread is water shortages in the west. It is well known that fresh water "supplies" around the globe are becoming scarce.

Water scarcity is the lack of sufficient available water resources to meet the demands of water usage within a region.

It already affects every continent and around 2.8 billion people around the world at least one month out of every year.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/terms/water_scarcity.htm

I understand English, better than you spell it... You obviously opened the the thread, to include the entire planet, which is what I responded to.

Landscaping only requires watering, if you plant non-native, and less drought-friendly grass and shrubs. Lot of people want to keep the same landscaping they had, in wetter climates, before moving south.

South is a relative term. Do you know that there is more mass at the bottom of a sphere? It shows the directional flow of energy within a field. Continents like Australia and Africa are actually "up there" while we're "Down Under".
So what you're actually saying is that when people move to a northern state like Florida......

James___ wrote:
It is estimated that 68% of the Earth's land exists in the Northern Hemisphere, while 32% is located in the Southern Hemisphere. All of North America and continental Europe is situated in the Northern Hemisphere, as well as parts of Asia, Africa, and South America.

Into the Night wrote:

James___ wrote:
It is estimated that 68% of the Earth's land exists in the Northern Hemisphere, while 32% is located in the Southern Hemisphere. All of North America and continental Europe is situated in the Northern Hemisphere, as well as parts of Asia, Africa, and South America.

So?

James___ wrote:

Into the Night wrote:

James___ wrote:
It is estimated that 68% of the Earth's land exists in the Northern Hemisphere, while 32% is located in the Southern Hemisphere. All of North America and continental Europe is situated in the Northern Hemisphere, as well as parts of Asia, Africa, and South America.

So?

You must be Chinese. The world revolves around China just as you suggest it does.

James___ wrote:
This is a new one. The agency that oversees water in the US might have to declare there isn't enough water in the Colorado River to support current levels of usage.

The agency's models project Lake Mead will fall below 1,075 feet (328 meters) for the first time in June 2021. That's the level that prompts a shortage declaration under agreements negotiated by seven states that rely on Colorado River water: Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.
https://apnews.com/article/arizona-colorado-lakes-water-shortages-colorado-river-09302e61c5e0ef051f50459f3dcb771f

S@ve0ur3arth wrote:

James___ wrote:
This is a new one. The agency that oversees water in the US might have to declare there isn't enough water in the Colorado River to support current levels of usage.

The agency's models project Lake Mead will fall below 1,075 feet (328 meters) for the first time in June 2021. That's the level that prompts a shortage declaration under agreements negotiated by seven states that rely on Colorado River water: Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.
https://apnews.com/article/arizona-colorado-lakes-water-shortages-colorado-river-09302e61c5e0ef051f50459f3dcb771f

If this is true, we're talking about a massive crisis in the coming months. I hope this never happens.

HarveyH55 wrote:
Al Gore lies. Florida was suppose to be mostly under water, 8 years ago. Fresh water falls from the sky. You don't have to dig for it. Wells are for convenience. Maybe we can convince our lord, Biden, to finish the Keystone XL project, and use it for water. Then we can go back to oil, after the Biden puppet show is over. If people spend $1.50, for a bottle of filtered tap water... Think of what they could gouge desperate farmers for...