Click the link to read the article on the InkStain website (John Fleck):
A COLORADO RIVER REPORT CARD
Lake Mead Water Year 2023, based on the most recent Bureau of Reclamation 24-month study
Lake Mead million acre feet percent full Start of WY2023 7.328 28.08% End of WY2023 6.508 24.93% gain(loss) (0.820) -3.14% Current forecast U.S. Lower Basin water use
state projected use in maf percent of full allocation California 4.427 100.61% Arizona 2.36 84.29% Nevada 0.227 75.67% Sources: Projected reservoir levels, February 24-month study, retrieved March 13, 20-23; Forecast Lower Basin use, USBR Forecast, March 10,2023, retrieved March 13, 2023
SOME “INCONVENIENT SCIENCE”
An Assessment of Potential Severed Droughts in the Colorado River Basin
Salehabadi, Homa, et al. “An Assessment of Potential Severe Droughts in the Colorado River Basin.” JAWRA Journal of the American Water Resources Association (2022). (from the terrifically helpful Utah State Colorado River team and collaborators)
Let the rethinking begin.
