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http://www.usbr.gov/lc/yuma/facilities/ydp/yao_ydp.html http://www.usbr.gov/lc/yuma/facilities/ydp/yao_ydp.html That says the plant is not currently operating.
by jeffdavis 13y ago
http://www.usbr.gov/lc/yuma/facilities/ydp/yao_ydp.html http://www.usbr.gov/lc/yuma/facilities/ydp/yao_ydp.html
That says the plant is not currently operating. It also says that it's only "included" in the water sent to Mexico. I don't see any indication that it's used for anything close to the full volume of the Colorado River.
- maxerickson 13y agoThe lack of diversion is pretty clear: https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=32.727761,-114.704905&z=15&t=h https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=32.727761,-114.704905&z=15&t...
- pilom 13y agoThanks for the link! Didn't know it wasn't operating. My understanding is that the treaty says that the salt content should be less than X parts per million and when the Colorado River gets saltier than X, they can turn the plant on. This diverts some of the water out and returns it in with significantly less salt, thus reducing the total salt content of the river as a whole to a level less than X. Basically, imagine you have a glass of chocolate milk. You take a teaspoon of chocolate milk out and put a teaspoon of regular milk back in, you will reduce the chocolate content of the glass. The glass is the river as a whole, the plant only treats the teaspoon.