>This is why water reservoir levels are dropping all along the Colorado river. This is very much a human made problem, but nobody is talking about it. The flo

>This is why water reservoir levels are dropping all along the Colorado river. This is very much a human made problem, but nobody is talking about it. The flow rate through the dam has been increased to generate more power due to the lack of new baseline power generation capabilities. The demand comes from the shutdown of coal and gas fired powerplants across the west coast. The dam has to flow more water to generate more power and the water cannot be replaced fast enough.