Colorado River Water Plan Postpones Reckoning with a Drier Future

4 pointsposted 10 hours ago
by toomuchtodo

2 Comments

bell-cot

10 hours ago

It'll take a while after the pipes emit horrid gurgling sounds - and no more water - before most people start getting "reasonable" about this.

toomuchtodo

10 hours ago

https://www.usbr.gov/ColoradoRiverBasin/post2026/final-eis/i...

Takeaways:

* The US government released a plan to stave off catastrophic cuts to the water supply in Arizona, California and Nevada due to the Colorado River climate crisis.

* The plan is based on a proposal trom the affected states that sought to avoid deep cuts, but experts say cuts nearly twice as large as those proposed could be necessary.

* The Colorado River crisis threatens a resource supporting 40 million people and more than $1 trillion in gross domestic product, with potential shortages affecting agriculture, real estate, mining and data centers.