U.S. takes unprecedented steps to replenish Colorado River's Lake Powell

Re:U.S. takes unprecedented steps to replenish Colorado Rive... by rtkwe on Monday May 09, 2022 @01:05PM (#31316711)

If you take the US average of 138 gallons per day and take that out to a year 1 acre-foot is about 6.5 households but out west you probably get more water usage for lawns and things like cooling which is more likely to use swamp coolers than the rest of the US so it's possible.

[0] 138 gallons per day is a little over 190k L/yr https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=138+gallons+per+day+to+...

edit: 138 figure from here. Just took the google knowledge box answer: https://www.watercalculator.org/footprint/indoor-water-use-a...

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Re:U.S. takes unprecedented steps to replenish Colorado Rive... by francisofascii on Monday May 09, 2022 @01:51PM (#31317385)

So ironically, water usage is higher per household where water is more scarce.

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Re:U.S. takes unprecedented steps to replenish Colorado Rive... by rtkwe on Monday May 09, 2022 @03:58PM (#31318966)

That's just my guess at the difference. It could also be a figure including other things like the per household usage for hydro-electric power like some other people have guessed in this thread. That would fit with the other mentions of losing hydro-electric power if the lake level were to fall too low.

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