Colorado River drops to record low levels, slashing Arizona’s water supply

Re:Colorado River drops to record low levels, slashing Arizo... by csolorio on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @03:12PM (#28213662)

While this is true, we're not 100% out of the woods. My brother is an architect in the region and mentioned to me that our exurbs and suburbs are notorious for fudging their water sustainability numbers vs actual use.

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Re:Colorado River drops to record low levels, slashing Arizo... by hamburgerwah on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @03:37PM (#28213927)

Since 1980 total water use has declined in the state by about 25% while population has tripled (300% growth). New construction is required to use grey water where suitable and it's waster water makes it back as treated or depending on geography is used by Palo Verde nuclear station. This is a non issue.

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Re:Colorado River drops to record low levels, slashing Arizo... by wcoenen on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @04:14PM (#28214337)

> while population has tripled (300% growth).

Tripling would be 200% growth, quadrupling would be 300% growth. Therefore I wasn't sure which one you meant, and I checked: according to [1] there was roughly a tripling from 1.5M to 4.5M between 1980 and 2020.

[1] https://www.macrotrends.net/cities/23099/phoenix/population

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Re:Colorado River drops to record low levels, slashing Arizo... by 1123581321 on Tuesday August 17, 2021 @03:34PM (#28213901)

Is there a tort? It seems reasonable for these regions to compensate by funding reclamation projects.

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