What’s the Matter With the Colorado River?

[David P]

What’s the Matter With the Colorado River?
Letters, May 3, 2022, WSJ

The shrinking Colorado River is only the beginning of what
will be a major global shortage of fresh water in the next
decades (“Shrinking Colorado River Starts to Trim Arizona’s
Water Supply,” U.S. News, April 25). Despite our efforts at
carbon reduction, warming oceans and atmosphere will continue
due to the accumulated energy in the ecosystem, allowing the
atmosphere to hold more water, resulting in less rainfall.
When it does rain, it will tend to be torrential, resulting in
flooding that we aren’t equipped to capture in reservoirs or
aquifers. The real challenge is the development of massive
desalination capacity to refill reservoirs and aquifers,
combined with new infrastructure to capture and transport
torrential rainfall.
--Larry Isacson, Laguna Niguel, Calif.

Climate-change activists blame the warming of the climate for
the diminishing flow of the Colorado River and the reduced
capacity of its reservoirs. While the planet is warming, the
problem in this case is the tremendous growth of population in
the last 20 years in states that depend on the river for water.

Restrictions are the first thoughts that come to our leaders’
minds with each report of diminished capacity. Their solutions
are analogous to putting a Band-Aid on a cancer. What is needed
are bold ideas for increasing supply. Instead of depending on the
snow melt alone to refresh the river, we should consider capturing
excessive, damaging water in other regions of the country, such as
the Midwest, and moving it westward.
--Bill Mandrola, Phoenix
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[Comments]
Scott Wade, 4 May, 2022
You are located in a desert, you add in a few million new people
to the area and add in golf courses, pools, and lawns. Then you
blame it on climate change. Can’t make this stuff up.
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Alta Rugar, 3 May, 2022
It has been known for decades that the water of the Colorado
River has been over allocated. I became aware of this over 50
years ago. The years upon which the allocations of the river's
water determined were years of abnormally high flows. We are
now forced to deal with reality instead of dreams.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/colorado-river-water-supply-climate-change-reservoir-population-11651522340

[Rod Speed]

David P <imb...@mindspring.com> wrote

> What’s the Matter With the Colorado River?
> Letters, May 3, 2022, WSJ
> The shrinking Colorado River is only the beginning of what
> will be a major global shortage of fresh water in the next
> decades

Try telling that to those in queensland and northern NSW
who have seen their houses and businesses flooded 3 times
just this year. Don't be too surprised if they start flinging mud
at you.

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