Some experts say there is a fifty per cent chance that Lake Mead, the giant reservoir behind the Hoover dam, could dry up in the next few decades. That grim gamble is a sobering possibility for us here in San Diego since Lake Mead stores Colorado River water, a prime source of water for much of southern California.
Water Shortage Threatens Livelihood For Many In The Imperial Valley
13 Dec 2010 Leave a comment
in Colorado River Water Tags: Colorado river, Hoover Dam, Imperial Valley, Lake Mead, shortage of water, water
A fresh battle between Southern California water adversaries
19 Oct 2010 Leave a comment
in Salton Sea Tags: California, California water, Imperial Valley, Salton Sea
Imperial Valley agency wants to send water into the degrading Salton Sea, as required in a 2003 deal. But MWD argues that the same deal orders Imperial to hand over any surplus to MWD’s customers.
Reporting from Imperial, Calif. — Dead these hundred years, Mark Twain would wholly understand the dispute between the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California and the Imperial Irrigation District over water flowing into the Salton Sea.
In the West, Twain is famously reported to have quipped, whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting.
In the world of water, Metropolitan and Imperial are behemoths, for different reasons. When these two clash, as they have done repeatedly in recent decades, other water agencies in the West fret and wait for the fallout. At stake is a lot of water and a lot of money.
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