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Chance of Rain: High good, low bad: Mead in January 2010

Posted by: Maven on February 2, 2010 at 6:16 am

chartFrom Emily Green at the Chance of Rain blog:

“Recent rains throughout the Western states supplied by Lake Mead might give the impression that a more than decade-long drought affecting the Colorado River is over.

The numbers below, along with modeled projections from the federal Bureau of Reclamation for 2010, show just how false those impressions might be.

The “most probable” scenario in Reclamation’s model shows the elevation of the largest reservoir in North America dipping near 1,075 feet next autumn.

This is the elevation at which under a seven-state Colorado River agreement mandatory shortages kick in … “

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February 2, 2010 · Filed Under Colorado River & the Southwest

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