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Author: onepoorguy 🐝  😊 😞
Number: of 48495 
Subject: Glen Canyon Dam
Date: 04/17/2024 6:44 PM
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It's an engineering problem, but also a policy problem. The original Colorado River Compact promised more water to the adjacent states than the River can actually deliver. Wasn't a problem until recently, when everyone wanted "their share" (due to booming population and agriculture).

https://www.npr.org/2024/04/17/1245300155/damage-a...

So even when they fix the plumbing, they are still going to have to address the fact that they can't get more water than the River can deliver.
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Author: ges ✧🐝  😊 😞
Number: of 48495 
Subject: Re: Glen Canyon Dam
Date: 04/17/2024 11:36 PM
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In a new study, researchers found that alfalfa and other cattle-feed crops consume 46% of the water that is diverted from the river, accounting for nearly two-thirds of agricultural water use. The research also shows that agriculture is the dominant user of Colorado River water, accounting for 74% of the water that is diverted — about three times the combined usage of all the cities that depend on the river.

Hay for cows.
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