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RichieW13 Added a reply to Lake Mead....
8/10/2026 2:55pm Yeah at some point they will probably be more financially viable. But we'll probably have to suffer through some water rationing and crop failures first.
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RichieW13 Added a reply to Lake Mead....
8/10/2026 12:28pm A true market price for the use of our natural water needs to be implemented. Apparently some agriculture districts pay nothing. Maybe it's still worth it to grow alfalfa in the southwest, even if they have to pay. But since water is a limited resource in the west, it sure seems like the users should pay. Then the market can...
APLMAN99 Liked a reply to forum topic Lake Mead....
8/10/2026 10:25am At this point, I don't think it matter 'why' the supply is going down, we can all agree that using more than it is supplying is not sustainable for much longer.
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Falcon Liked a reply to forum topic Lake Mead....
8/10/2026 10:14am I just hope the incoming "Super El Nino" will help. I understand it may be active for a couple years. Obviously, there would have to be several years' worth of rain to fill the reservoirs up, but more snow and rainfall can't be bad.
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APLMAN99 Liked a reply to forum topic Lake Mead....
8/10/2026 10:05am Maybe I wasn't as clear as I should have been. The demand is still exceeding the supply, even with reduced usage. That just points out how much worse it could have been if that usage had been sustained. Even though total usage may have declined, it has still been unsustainably higher than the supply. We can't really affect the supply part of the equation too much, it is what it is for the most part. The only thing we can really affect is the usage, and pointing out that we have reduced usage but Mother Nature is not playing fair...
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RichieW13 Added a reply to Lake Mead....
8/10/2026 10:05am Agreed
RichieW13 Added a reply to Lake Mead....
8/10/2026 9:44am Yes, Lake Mead holds about 26maf of water, but currently only contains 6maf. Lake Powell is required to deliver an average of 7.5maf of water each year. So at that rate it would take about 3 years to fill Mead. And that assumes that enough water even flows in to Powell to send 7.5maf downstream. Similarly, Lake Powell is currently...
RichieW13 Added a reply to Lake Mead....
8/10/2026 9:29am Total usage of Colorado river water has been trending downward for ~25 years. Peak usage was in 2001 at nearly 13 million acre-feet, where last year "we" used about 11maf. So that's about a 15% decrease in usage. (Plus we send another 1.5maf to Mexico every year.) From 1971-1999 the river averaged providing over 15maf of water. But since 2000...
RichieW13 Added a reply to Lake Mead....
8/10/2026 8:50am Remember - the purpose of a reservoir is to store water in good times and save it for bad times. Right now we are in bad times so the reservoirs are low.
RichieW13 Added a reply to Lake Mead....
8/10/2026 8:46am My main complaint was use of the term "greedy developer". By that logic any business is greedy simply for existing. But while we're on the topic, residential water usage is a fraction of what is used for agriculture. Especially modern multi-family complexes.
RichieW13 Added a reply to Lake Mead....
8/9/2026 6:13pm Which states is it OK for people to move to? Are the developers "greedy" if they build in those states?
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8/9/2026 4:12pm Where are people supposed to live if "greedy developers" don't build residences?
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8/5/2026 11:16am One interesting thing about all the "overall wins" that Deegan is facing - the one guy he hasn't beat this year is Hunter Lawrence, who I think only had 1 overall win coming in to the season.
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