Comments on: Future water trouble sets in for western river cities http://newmexicoindependent.com/35396/future-water-trouble-sets-in-for-western-river-cities New Mexico news and politics Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: paulvesse http://newmexicoindependent.com/35396/future-water-trouble-sets-in-for-western-river-cities#comment-22734 paulvesse Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:01:56 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=35396#comment-22734 Mexico shouldn't be taking our water!!! Mexico shouldn't be taking our water!!!

]]> By: paulvesse http://newmexicoindependent.com/35396/future-water-trouble-sets-in-for-western-river-cities#comment-18237 paulvesse Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:01:56 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=35396#comment-18237 Mexico shouldn't be taking our water!!! Mexico shouldn't be taking our water!!!

]]> By: paulvesse http://newmexicoindependent.com/35396/future-water-trouble-sets-in-for-western-river-cities#comment-11990 paulvesse Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:01:56 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=35396#comment-11990 Mexico shouldn't be taking our water!!! Mexico shouldn't be taking our water!!!

]]> By: paulfmiller http://newmexicoindependent.com/35396/future-water-trouble-sets-in-for-western-river-cities#comment-9453 paulfmiller Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:50:18 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=35396#comment-9453 In less than 60 years, I have watched as the Colorado River once acclaimed as prolific dwindle to the point where severe rationing is on nearly everyone's tongue. Those cities and states whose current and future as inexorably tied to the health of the Colorado River might want to honestly look at what benefits can be attained when water is viewed as part of the commons as opposed to our current addiction that water is a commodity sold to the highest bidder. That the Colorado River at best is only marginally able to support the 30 million currently dependent upon it, suggests we might look at whether this same water source can support the 60 million within the next 30 years...? In less than 60 years, I have watched as the Colorado River once acclaimed as prolific dwindle to the point where severe rationing is on nearly everyone's tongue. Those cities and states whose current and future as inexorably tied to the health of the Colorado River might want to honestly look at what benefits can be attained when water is viewed as part of the commons as opposed to our current addiction that water is a commodity sold to the highest bidder. That the Colorado River at best is only marginally able to support the 30 million currently dependent upon it, suggests we might look at whether this same water source can support the 60 million within the next 30 years…?

]]> By: paulfmiller http://newmexicoindependent.com/35396/future-water-trouble-sets-in-for-western-river-cities#comment-8349 paulfmiller Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:50:18 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=35396#comment-8349 In less than 60 years, I have watched as the Colorado River once acclaimed as prolific dwindle to the point where severe rationing is on nearly everyone's tongue. Those cities and states whose current and future as inexorably tied to the health of the Colorado River might want to honestly look at what benefits can be attained when water is viewed as part of the commons as opposed to our current addiction that water is a commodity sold to the highest bidder. That the Colorado River at best is only marginally able to support the 30 million currently dependent upon it, suggests we might look at whether this same water source can support the 60 million within the next 30 years...? In less than 60 years, I have watched as the Colorado River once acclaimed as prolific dwindle to the point where severe rationing is on nearly everyone's tongue. Those cities and states whose current and future as inexorably tied to the health of the Colorado River might want to honestly look at what benefits can be attained when water is viewed as part of the commons as opposed to our current addiction that water is a commodity sold to the highest bidder. That the Colorado River at best is only marginally able to support the 30 million currently dependent upon it, suggests we might look at whether this same water source can support the 60 million within the next 30 years…?

]]> By: WaterSource http://newmexicoindependent.com/35396/future-water-trouble-sets-in-for-western-river-cities#comment-8321 WaterSource Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:22:15 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=35396#comment-8321 This article is pure gibberish ... pure sensationalism at its worst ! Lake Mead ( 28.5 million acre feet) can be kept FULL anytime the Bureau, CA & NV want to develop the new non-tributary fresh water Source that will yield a million acre feet each year without damage to the environment or the water rights of others. <a href="mailto:waterrdw@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow">waterrdw@yahoo.com</a> Retired Water Rights Analyst This article is pure gibberish … pure sensationalism at its worst ! Lake Mead ( 28.5 million acre feet) can be kept FULL anytime the Bureau, CA & NV want to develop the new non-tributary fresh water Source that will yield a million acre feet each year without damage to the environment or the water rights of others. waterrdw@yahoo.com Retired Water Rights Analyst

]]> By: Steve Davis http://newmexicoindependent.com/35396/future-water-trouble-sets-in-for-western-river-cities#comment-8285 Steve Davis Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:31:19 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=35396#comment-8285 Do you honestly think I'd negotiate a compact that made New Mexico a "junior" water user? That was exactly the situation we were in before the compact was in place! We were going to be "junior" because California was going to develop faster than us and therefore be more senior. We negotiated the compact to PROTECT us from the situation you describe in your article. We get to use our water "in perpetuity" subject only to our obligation not to deplete the flow of the river below 75 million acre-feet over a ten year period at Lee Ferry (we've never violated this obligation). California is "senior" only to Arizona and Nevada by virtue of the Colorado River Basin Project Act (1968) but I'm not posting from the dead to give you a history lesson. I suggest you go back and read the compact (it's not that long) and try to avoid trampling your forefathers next time you want to spice up a water story. <br><br>PS Back in my day there was a young "V. Price" that was obsessed with the grim and macabre too! Do you honestly think I'd negotiate a compact that made New Mexico a “junior” water user? That was exactly the situation we were in before the compact was in place! We were going to be “junior” because California was going to develop faster than us and therefore be more senior. We negotiated the compact to PROTECT us from the situation you describe in your article. We get to use our water “in perpetuity” subject only to our obligation not to deplete the flow of the river below 75 million acre-feet over a ten year period at Lee Ferry (we've never violated this obligation). California is “senior” only to Arizona and Nevada by virtue of the Colorado River Basin Project Act (1968) but I'm not posting from the dead to give you a history lesson. I suggest you go back and read the compact (it's not that long) and try to avoid trampling your forefathers next time you want to spice up a water story.

PS Back in my day there was a young “V. Price” that was obsessed with the grim and macabre too!

]]> By: Thomas_James http://newmexicoindependent.com/35396/future-water-trouble-sets-in-for-western-river-cities#comment-8281 Thomas_James Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:58:49 +0000 http://newmexicoindependent.com/?p=35396#comment-8281 400,000 acre feet annually wasted on above ground reservoir storage.....When are you gonna talk about that V.B.? 400,000 acre feet annually wasted on above ground reservoir storage…..When are you gonna talk about that V.B.?

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