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How much of the Colorado River water is used by people in the western part of the US?
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∙ 13y ago
Every drop of it is used and reused in a multitude of ways. by treaty Mexico is supposed to receive 1,500,000 acre feet of water per year. It rarely gets its full allotment. The Department of the Interior is scheduled to revisit the problem in 2016 and any decision they make is bound to be challenged in both International Courts and in the Supreme Court.
When the current allotment was decided in 1922 few would have believed that the population of Southern California would shift so dramatically. Arizona and Colorado alone were unhappy with the compact, but at the time, Colorado had water to waste, and yielded. Of all the States, Nevada was the least favored, but had little political power. (It has only a two percent stake in the water of the Colorado River compared to the 29.35 share that was allotted to California.)
The serious problem involves the fact that the 1922 data may have overestimated the flow of the Colorado River System by as much as 20 to 30 percent.
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Why is the Colorado River important to the people?
The water supply from the Colorado River is important for all western states. It provides drinking water, irrigation water, hydroelectric power and recreational opportunities like fishing and boating.
What large bodies of water are close to Colorado?
Colorado river Colorado river
Why does the Colorado River not have sufficent power?
Its power comes from the melting snowfall on the western slope of the Rocky Mountains. The quantity of that snow accumulation has declined and so has the water flow in the Colorado River Basin.
What bodies of water are in the Western U.S.?
The Great Salt Lake in Utah is one, The Colorado River is another. The Snake River and the Santa Ana River are two more.
What type of erosion was the Grand Canyon formed by?
Well it was formed by the Colorado river! Which is water erosion!
What southwest river is a major source of water for people in two countries?
Colorado and/or Rio Grande
Why is the Colorado River famous?
Because Mother Nature used it to carve the Grand Canyon.
What river does the Colorado river go through?
a river that has water in it.
How many states share the water of the colorado river?
7 states share the water from the colorado river. The states names are Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and California.
What are the bodies of water in the Western Hemisphere?
The Pacific Ocean , Artic Ocean,and Atlantic Ocean
Ways people depend on the Colorado River?
It provides drinking water, power, irrigation and recreation.
Which River supplies water to Arizona Nevada Colorado Utah and California?
Colorado
