water supply phoenix drought
Current water levels, Lake Powell and Lake Mead So, how are the current water levels faring in these reservoirs? There has been limited snowpack melt in the upper basin at this time, so the current level of Lake Powell is 3,525 feet above sea level....
There have been several recent comments on the water situation facing the Colorado River basin. In the Sunday May 8 edition of the Arizona Republic in the Viewpoints section,(ref-Arizona Republic, Sunday, May 8) Drastic Action Needed Tom Buschatzke and Ted Cooke lay out the call...
Every day when I drive up one of the major streets in my area, I can see huge 56-inch water pipes being installed under the street to augment the Phoenix water drought. This is the Drought Pipeline Project in action. The pipes are part of...
The Phoenix water drought is impacted by three main sources: First, the SRP (Salt River Project) reservoirs were the first to be used on a large scale. There are three main SRP reservoirs east of Phoenix: Lake Roosevelt (the largest), Saguaro Lake, and Apache Lake. ...