Lake Powell

[billdacat]

Wellk folks; it's looking bad for a lot of people. Going to be a long hot summer!

As predicted, southern Utah’s Lake Powell has fallen below a critical level that soon could threaten its ability to produce hydropower.

On Tuesday, the reservoir officially sank below a threshold of 3,525 feet, which can trigger mitigation efforts from Upper Colorado River Basin states like Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico to ensure more water makes it downstream. Below 3,490 feet, the Glen Canyon Dam’s turbine won’t be able to pull enough water to generate electricity.

A powerless Lake Powell? Water now at lowest level since it filled up.

As predicted, Utah’s Lake Powell has fallen below a critical level that could soon threaten its ability to produce hydropower.

www.sltrib.com

 

[Filthy McChevy]

Upper Colorado Basin Snowpack Graphs - Water Data​

http://graphs.water-data.com › ucsnowpack



We are 46% through the Water Year. Snowpack is 95.77% of the March 17th average.

 

[3Cs]

And those who are pushing EV's will just ignore the possible impact. SMH

 

[korda]

Can’t they just put a hose in it to fill it back up?

 

[CDA 455 II]

 

[Roc Doc]

Why do you think they're building square miles of solar arrays in Nevada?

 

[clodhopper]

which can trigger mitigation efforts from Upper Colorado River Basin states like Utah, Colorado, Wyoming and New Mexico to ensure more water makes it downstream

Oh sure, everybody else has to pitch in to sort out Cali's lack of planning.

 

[Sceep]

and New Mexico to ensure more water makes it downstream.

Uhm, Not a single drop flows from NM to Powell.

TX steals all our water.

 

[TrailTamer]

Need to find a way to initiate a typhoon or hurricane in the Pacific to landfall on CA.

 

[Arps]

Need to find a way to initiate a typhoon or hurricane in the Pacific to landfall on CA.

funnels

 

[trampas]

Why do you think they're building square miles of solar arrays in Nevada?

Because Nevada so ugly, it no want to see its own reflection

 

[Roc Doc]

Because Nevada so ugly, it no want to see its own reflection

I had a theory that when they were outlining all the states they drew a line around all the ugly desert and called it Nevada. I don't know how San Bernardino County escaped that map, but it qualifies too.

 

[billdacat]

I had a theory that when they were outlining all the states they drew a line around all the ugly desert and called it Nevada. I don't know how San Bernardino County escaped that map, but it qualifies too.

Nevada is pretty fucking cool, if you know where to look. Fucking solar and wind farms, now that's UGLY!
They tore down a perfectly good power plant near Page several years ago. oops.

 

[KarlVP]

What about that crackpot that caused the San Diego flood in 1916.

Find him and he can produce water to the tune of $1000 per inch.

Charles Hatfield - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Roc Doc]

Nevada is pretty fucking cool, if you know where to look. Fucking solar and wind farms, now that's UGLY!
They tore down a perfectly good power plant near Page several years ago. oops.

Tis a joke.

I'd venture to say I've been over more of Nevada than anyone here, it's just the difference between the Sonoran Desert where I live now, and the Mojave, where I used to live.

BTW, did a several day trip through Death Valley a few years ago, and one of our group was a career geologist, and he pointed out that the red rocks in Valley of Fire, Red Rock Canyon and Moab were all leftovers from an ancient inland sea. Learned a lot on that trip.

 

[trampas]

Tis a joke.

I'd venture to say I've been over more of Nevada than anyone here

Okay Donald Trump

 

[Roc Doc]

The idea to take down the dam has been floated as well. It would allow the river to flow free to Lake Mead where power could still be generated, and it would cut down on evaporation. Glen canyon was a beautiful part of the world before it was flooded, whereas the Lake Mead area was ugly and needed to be flooded.

The cruiser is parked near St. Thomas which would normally be under water, but I think it's been exposed since the early 2000's.

 

[Fullsize80cherokee]

They need to stop letting so much water out.. fill it up. Fake drought.

 

[trampas]

They need to stop letting so much water out.. fill it up. Fake drought.

Terrestrial curvature, and all.

 

[Fullsize80cherokee]

Curvature in the terrain, and all.

Water curves and we are spinning 1000 mph🤡

 

[bunk]

Why do you think they're building square miles of solar arrays in Nevada?

Like Crescent dunes?

 

[Wheelerfreak]

Uhm, Not a single drop flows from NM to Powell.

TX steals all our water.

Technically true, but we will get fucked when the water we (NM) get through the San Juan diversion is curtailed because they're diverting it to CA. Heron, El Vado, Abiquiú etc will drop and we lose the water that feds into the RG.

 

[Roc Doc]

Like Crescent dunes?

That one. The one outside of Boulder City, the one in Pahrump, the one at State Line, I'm sure there's more.

 

[Redtruggy]

If everyone will just stop drinking water for two weeks we can flatten the curve.

 

[bunk]

That one. The one outside of Boulder City, the one in Pahrump, the one at State Line, I'm sure there's more.

Seems legit. Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

 

[Splib]

he pointed out that the red rocks in Valley of Fire, Red Rock Canyon and Moab were all leftovers from an ancient inland sea. Learned a lot on that trip.

Global warming denier !!!! Career geologist - squeak !!!

 

[Sceep]

Seems legit. Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

non pay-link:

This $1 billion solar plant was obsolete before it ever went online - Tech Startups

SolarReserve is a venture-backed renewable energy startup, focuses on advanced solar thermal storage technology. The startup was founded in 2007 by Kevin Smith to solve two of the fundamental barriers of renewable energy: scalability and storage. Unlike hydroelectric, geothermal, biomass, and...

techstartups.com

Must be an iArray.

 

[trampas]

Global warming denier !!!! Career geologist - squeak !!!

 

[dave_dj1]

Can’t they just put a hose in it to fill it back up?

said AOC
and because St Patty's day and we have this

 

[HELL BOUND]

Nevada is pretty fucking cool, if you know where to look. Fucking solar and wind farms, now that's UGLY!
They tore down a perfectly good power plant near Page several years ago. oops.

Yeah but every swinging dick thinks that the steam out of cooling towers and the stack is pollution, so it's a good thing they shut it down. Pretty sure page was a 3 unit 750 mega watt a unit plant. That's a fuck load of power.