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U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
The Central Arizona Project's 300-mile canal - the longest aqueduct in the United States - diverts water from the Colorado River to serve 1 million acres of irrigated agricultural land in Central Arizona and to provide municipal water to Phoenix and Tucson.
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3 comments on this story
The minimum elevation to generate power at Hoover Dam is reported by BOR to be 1,050 feet, below which the reservoir is considered an “inactive pool.”
Water above 1,050 feet elevation is considered “live storage” and a “dead pool” exists at 895 feet in elevation, which is the lowest water outlet at Hoover Dam.
https://www.nps.gov/lake/learn/nature/storage-capacity-of-lake-mead.htm
I think the senate sponsor’s name is “Merkley.”
In the public conversation about subsidizing farmers to dig deeper wells, I don’t think I have heard much about how ground water is ultimately part of a system, so deeper wells would at best only postpone the inevitable.
Please, PLEASE get a copy editor / proof reader (at steak???).
The point that seems to be forgotten in all this is that the New Green Deal should make a few new jobs, as well. Quite a few. So why is it so terrible? And water should NOT be privatized…