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What do you mean "It isn't"? Yes, the projections were inaccurate, but the reason they were inaccurate is that they climate change has and will continue to decr
by adgjlsfhk1 5y ago
What do you mean "It isn't"? Yes, the projections were inaccurate, but the reason they were inaccurate is that they climate change has and will continue to decrease the amount of water that falls in the region.
- jmyeet 5y agoYou'll see a lot of charts on the water levels of Lake Powell, for example. It's easy to paint a picture of drought and/or climate change and that's what people do. But you can't just look at the net. You have to look at inflows vs outflows. Here's one such study on supply and demand [1]: > Apportioned water in the Basin exceeds the in the Lower Basin despite recently approximate 100-year record (1906 through experiencing the worst 11-year drought in the 2011) Basin-wide average long-term historical last century. However, there have been natural flow2 of about 16.4 million acre-feet periodic shortages throughout the Upper (maf). Note the increasing consumption from Figure 2. [1]: https://www.usbr.gov/watersmart/bsp/docs/finalreport/ColoradoRiver/CRBS_Executive_Summary_FINAL.pdf https://www.usbr.gov/watersmart/bsp/docs/finalreport/Colorad...