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Thanks for this comment, and largely good points here, but you're certainly mistaken on the most pertinent point you made here, namely the role of Colorado Rive

Thanks for this comment, and largely good points here, but you're certainly mistaken on the most pertinent point you made here, namely the role of Colorado River water in Arizona's water plan. Arizona gets 35% of its water from the Colorado River [0]. "A literal drop?" I wouldn't agree. However, since reductions affect various water-using constituencies differently, Tier 1 reductions don't have an effect on municipalities' water availability (but future tiers do) [2]. Again, largely important points you've raised here, but it's also important not to understate the value of the Colorado River / Central Arizona Project in municipalities' water availability and water contingency planning, as you have. [0]: http://www.arizonawaterfacts.com/water-your-facts http://www.arizonawaterfacts.com/water-your-facts [1]: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/16/climate/colorado-river-water-cuts.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/16/climate/colorado-river-wa... [2]: https://www.amwua.org/blog/tier-1-shortage-what-does-it-mean-for-us-here-in-arizona https://www.amwua.org/blog/tier-1-shortage-what-does-it-mean...

hamburgerwah 5y ago
The majority of colorado water river is simply banked. So in terms of consumption in the scheme of statewide water usage I stand by "drop". Prior to the water bank Arizona consumed about 15% of it's entitled colorado river water and forwent the remainder. Planning accounts for the possibility of 0 acre feet of colorado river water by 2025. Arizona is legally entitled to its share of the colorado river and takes it and stores it rather than forgo it. My comment was in response to the salacious title that Arizona's water supply has been "slashed" which is not a factually accurate headline. https://e360.yale.edu/features/how-phoenix-is-preparing-for-a-future-without-colorado-river-water https://e360.yale.edu/features/how-phoenix-is-preparing-for-... https://tucson.com/news/local/arizona-water-bank-started-as-a-safeguard-against-california/article_fd90e6ab-ecc0-5db4-98b1-ef83cc884d00.html https://tucson.com/news/local/arizona-water-bank-started-as-...

hamburgerwah 5y ago

The majority of colorado water river is simply banked. So in terms of consumption in the scheme of statewide water usage I stand by "drop". Prior to the water bank Arizona consumed about 15% of it's entitled colorado river water and forwent the remainder. Planning accounts for the possibility of 0 acre feet of colorado river water by 2025. Arizona is legally entitled to its share of the colorado river and takes it and stores it rather than forgo it. My comment was in response to the salacious title that Arizona's water supply has been "slashed" which is not a factually accurate headline. https://e360.yale.edu/features/how-phoenix-is-preparing-for-a-future-without-colorado-river-water https://e360.yale.edu/features/how-phoenix-is-preparing-for-... https://tucson.com/news/local/arizona-water-bank-started-as-a-safeguard-against-california/article_fd90e6ab-ecc0-5db4-98b1-ef83cc884d00.html https://tucson.com/news/local/arizona-water-bank-started-as-...