Worldchanging reviews James Lawrence Powell’s Dead Pool: Lake Powell, Global Warming, and the Future of Water in the West. This is sobering stuff. The historical record shows that the American Southwest generally is drier than it is now. Currently, the four primary rivers in the region are drying up and the snowpacks are receding. [...]
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Lake Mead This is a telling example of how convoluted and complicated water policy and water supply is in the Southwest and West. If Lake Mead drops below 1,050, the water will no longer underground to Vegas, because the intake pipes will no longer be underwater. They are desperately building newer, deeper intakes. It [...] |  | ||||
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