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Tighter, costlier water shifting focus to curbing demand

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on December 27, 2009 at 6:44 am

From the Arizona Republic:

“OUTSIDE EL CENTRO, Calif. – About 25 miles west of Yuma, across the Colorado River in California’s sand-dunes country, construction crews work day and night on two gaping basins that will, inside of a year, add another piece to Arizona’s increasingly complex water future.

The Drop 2 Reservoir, a name befitting the project’s utilitarian purpose, will collect the dregs of the Colorado, billions of gallons of water that seep through the cracks of an imperfect system. The water now flows south into Mexico if it can’t be used immediately, written off as a loss for U.S. users.

For its $28.6 million investment in Drop 2, about 16 percent of the total cost, Arizona will receive a small share of the water saved, to be taken in even smaller increments over 20-some years. California and Nevada will split the rest based on their contributions. … “

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December 27, 2009 · Filed Under Southwest Water Issues

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