01-04-2017, 11:02 PM
http://graphs.water-data.com/lakemead/
The graph gives you better perspective year over year. Right now, lake levels are the same as last year. Also, lake powell is almost 50% full at this point. From what I have been reading over the years, they are trying to fill Powell first, then Mead as opposed to both at the same time. Also I have read that the Northern Colorado River states have begun diverting feeder rivers into newer reservoirs to boost their supply capacity and slow lake recovery downriver. Another interesting fact is that Powell is sitting on porous rock and 300,000 acre feet of water per year, the same amount as NV gets every year, goes underground somewhere. Not sure if that fills an aquifer which would give that State extra free water, or what it does.
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The graph gives you better perspective year over year. Right now, lake levels are the same as last year. Also, lake powell is almost 50% full at this point. From what I have been reading over the years, they are trying to fill Powell first, then Mead as opposed to both at the same time. Also I have read that the Northern Colorado River states have begun diverting feeder rivers into newer reservoirs to boost their supply capacity and slow lake recovery downriver. Another interesting fact is that Powell is sitting on porous rock and 300,000 acre feet of water per year, the same amount as NV gets every year, goes underground somewhere. Not sure if that fills an aquifer which would give that State extra free water, or what it does.
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