Lake Mead is 1/3rd full.

Phoenix and Las Vegas are among the areas I'd never relocate to for that reason alone.

I'm sickened at how the RW has managed to prevent any action for decade after decade. The next wars across the world WILL be for water. I may not live to see the worst, but the youngest generations surely will. Like gun violence, at least 40% of this country's populace just doesn't give a damn and it is increasingly too much to bear.

For decades we have been banking water, by recharging underground aquifers.

https://www.srpnet.com/water/resource-management.aspx

https://www.phoenix.gov/sustainability/water#:~:text=The%202050%20%E2%80%8Bgoal%2C%20essentially,water%20for%20the%20foreseeable%20future.

Eta SRP is a non-profit, basically a coop.

Data on the U.S. drought:

https://droughtmonitor.unl.edu/

East and North. Those drought conditions are largely permanent at 400+ ppm of CO2, and we'll be at 500 ppm by 2040.

From the comfort of their redoubts in Patagonia and near the Arctic Circle, they’ll laugh watching humanity “vote with their feet,” as the gas stations will have long been emptied.

We are past a 500 ppm CO2e right now.

https://www.co2.earth/annual-ghg-index-aggi

Rising carbon dioxide causes more than a climate crisis -- it may directly harm our ability to think

New research finds that an anticipated rise in carbon dioxide concentrations in our indoor living and working spaces by the year 2100 could lead to impaired human cognition.

As the 21st century progresses, rising atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations will cause urban and indoor levels of the gas to increase, and that may significantly reduce our basic decision-making ability and complex strategic thinking, according to a new CU Boulder-led study. By the end of the century, people could be exposed to indoor CO2 levels up to 1400 parts per million -- more than three times today's outdoor levels, and well beyond what humans have ever experienced.

Source: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/04/200421090556.htm

our earth and that we are refusing to take it seriously. It breaks my heart.

There's not exactly some huge labor surplus on the sidelines

“Whether you think you can, or think you can’t — you’re right.” — Henry Ford

They are always 10 or 20 years out. And they have never come true. The SW continues to expand in housing and population as people and companies escape the miserable weather in the Midwest and NE.

...but it hasn't happened yet

And argued there's no serious drought in the Southwest.

You've already demonstrated your lack of knowledge.

And I will say it again. You have demonstrated your lack of knowledge about where water comes from in AZ. I still have water flowing out of my faucets, much to your disappointment I'm sure.

The water coming from your faucet is powered in part by the hydroelectric power going through Hoover Dam, among others. They're all approaching failure.

https://www.8newsnow.com/news/local-news/hoover-dam-power-production-down-33-official-says/

Enjoy the dead pool, and I don't mean the superhero movie.

I get no power from the Hoover Dam. Water in the Phoenix metro area comes from many sources. Yes, the Colorado River is one but cities and communities here can operate without any water from that river.

Phoenix has a 100 year plan for water.

I think AZ in general has been good in planning for the water future. Non potable water used for green areas and a reduction in unnecessary green vegetation like lawns.

Not enough to fill reservoirs or anything, but enough to not actively worry about a blazing fire taking out a town or two for the next few weeks.

It's actually been going since at least dawn. Fairly healthy amount for June. Which is good, because we haven't really been watering anything. It's like, "Oh good, the backyard will stop being that interesting khaki color."

I'll take it.

Large cities always think they should be entitled to water from other areas, Los Angeles created one of the largest man made environmental disasters by draining Owen lake for their water. To this day they complain and try to get around the ruling made that forced them to mitigate the damage they caused.

UNLESS you are a liberal.

RW scum isn’t wanted here.