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Seems like sort of a classic debt vs. equity problem. The government obviously cannot deliver on a promise of X amount of water regardless of rainfall. It wou
by cameldrv 4y ago
Seems like sort of a classic debt vs. equity problem. The government obviously cannot deliver on a promise of X amount of water regardless of rainfall. It would make a lot more sense if the rightsholders received a percentage of the inflow. The good thing about the dam is that it can absorb fluctuations on the scale of a few years, but as we see, it can't absorb a decade long decline, and they should reduce allocations proportionately without having to declare an emergency to do it. That way, farmers would have at least a few years to make adjustments.
- UncleEntity 4y agoThe thing is, there’s more than one dam. Keeping Lake Powell ‘full’ means Lake Mead gets less water for their electric generation. And the upstream lakes have to release more water than they want to. They’ve been haggling over that water forever and no one is going back to their constituents admitting defeat so Phoenix can have more golf courses per capita than any other place on earth. Maybe making that up but I’ve lived in the Phoenix valley for almost 25 years and there’s a lot of golf courses.
- dlhavema 4y agoYeah it's kinda crazy.aybe if i golfed I'd feel differently, but still its a losing battle