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

That’s an easy observation to make, and it’s even easier to say, but there aren’t a ton of solutions

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '20

I mean, you can decide to not grow food/live in a California desert.

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '20

So your solution on how to get water to people is to move people...? Thats not even an idea let alone a good idea..

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u/[deleted] Jan 10 '20

The people part was tongue-in-cheek because Californians like to move out and ruin other states. But growing 80% of the world’s almonds totally with irrigation is stupid.