Lake Powell

[VGNonly]

is down by 31 feet from same period last year. (3560.15 to 3529.17) Snowpack in Arizona and New Mexico is virtually nonexistent. Colorado is very significantly down. Some pack in Wyoming feeding into the Green River basin.

[leftstreet]

1. Water Wars, The Prequel

[quaint]

4. California is in water trouble every way you look at it. Snowpack serious deficit.

Record heat, melting snow: What does it mean for California’s reservoirs?

[NameAlreadyTaken]

2. Mammoth Mountain in California has 122 inches of snow

in the 2022-2023 season they received 800 inches of snow.

[hatrack]

3. It's currently below 24% of capacity, a little less than 5.8 million acre-feet.

And the words of the prophets were written on Glen Canyon walls, and they said, "Oh, shit!"

https://lakepowell.water-data.com/

[marble falls]

5. Worked at Wauweap Marina and Resort in the 70s when it was managed by Del Webb corporation. ...

... it was wonderful. They filmed parts of the original Planet of the Apes there a couple of years before. The restaurant was large with a 180 degree window wall over the "bay". It looked like a diorama from a museum, and it seemed like a dinosaur would come into view any second.



There used to be water all around these rocks. The big one was the secret museum from the movie.

[VGNonly]

7. Wahweap is closed.

Of the 17 marinas and access sites on Lake Powell, 15 are unusable.

[marble falls]

8. Crazy sad. What happens when California and Arizona puts agriculture where it absolutely does not belong. ...

... one reason I left the Valley of the Sun: too much population for water resources and only three roads out of the area. I did not want to be there fighting for drinking water.

[CanonRay]

9. Wow, I had no idea

I rented a houseboat there a couple of times and had a ton of fun. Just a beautiful place, great spring getaway.

[hatrack]

10. Soon to be 16 - Bullfrog North is less thn a foot from closure

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[VGNonly]

11. That would leave Stateline Auxiliary Ramp

as the only viable dockage. If that level drops another 9-10', all access to Lake Powell is closed.

[VGNonly]

6. When it falls to 3490',

only 30' more, power production shuts off. At 3370' it becomes dead pool, no water flowing.

[hunter]

12. It's not a significant power source lately...

... about 15% of the two reactors at Diablo Canyon, for example.

[VGNonly]

14. True, 3 of the 8 turbines are turned off.

In addition of low water levels, they need to reduce hydro to lessen the risk of cavitation. Cavitation is excessive air in the water mains, leading to the chance of extreme damage to the pipes.

[roamer65]

13. Definitely NO water diversion from the Great Lakes region.

It’s bad enough we have water bottlers here. We need to ban them from drawing from our aquifer.

[hunter]

16. Desalinated water would cost less than any diversion...

... from the Great Lakes to the Colorado river basin.

Diversions from the Snake and Columbia river basins are a greater threat.

It seems likely that most agriculture will become unfeasible in arid upper elevations because inexpensive water for irrigation won't be available. Urban users who expect flush toilets, showers, dishwashers and washing machines will take precedence.

[MustLoveBeagles]

15. Lake Powell is named after Coronal Powell

A direct ancestor of my husband.