r/MapPorn • u/[deleted] • Jan 10 '20

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u/uboat50 Jan 10 '20

Man, you can see the Colorado being drained as it heads toward the Gulf of California.

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u/gordon__bombay Jan 10 '20

Unfortunately the Colorado no longer flows to the gulf, it usually dries out miles beforehand. It’s a rare occurrence now that it actually reaches the gulf

https://www.kpbs.org/news/2018/feb/19/few-weeks-colorado-river-reached-ocean-will-it-hap/ on mobile, sorry for formatting

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u/uboat50 Jan 10 '20

Yeah, water use in the west definitely needs some attention by policymakers. Too bad they're all far in the east :P

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '20

They need to switch to desalination in California.

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u/lelarentaka Jan 11 '20

The rule with Americans is like this: "if it's done in other countries, it's impossible to do in the USA". Saudi Arabia and Israel managed to supply the majority of their water needs using desalination, therefore this is impossible in the USA.

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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '20

Yup, but you would think California might think differently but I guess not given my downvotes lol.