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29 Apr, 3 tweets, 2 min read
Where Lake Mead now stands, approaching a first-ever shortage

These charts show the reservoir's level and how much it's dropped since 2000. Part of a presentation by Arizona water agencies on preparing for shortages.
azcentral.com/story/news/loc… #ColoradoRiver
The country's two largest reservoirs sit at about one-third of their full capacity.

Lake Powell is now at 35%, and Lake Mead at 38%

Here's the presentation that's being discussed at the meeting: cap-az.com/documents/depa… #ColoradoRiver
Arizona is in line for the largest water cutbacks, which will reduce the Central Arizona Project’s water supply by nearly a third and shrink the amount flowing through the CAP Canal to farmlands in Pinal County.
azcentral.com/story/news/loc…

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I wrote about a global water study by @sjasechko & Debra Perrone w/ @JayFamiglietti & @geosomething's insights about what these striking findings mean azcentral.com/story/news/loc…
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Some people have asked for more information about Nestlé's bottled water operation in the San Bernardino National Forest. So let me share a chronology of my reporting, starting with our 2015 investigation: desertsun.com/story/news/201… (thread) @MyDesert
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State water officials holding 1st meeting of the AZ Reconsultation Committee, starting a new round of #ColoradoRiver discussions. Topics include:
• Status of the implementation of DCP
• Process to prepare AZ for the reconsultation of the 2007 Guidelines
new.azwater.gov/sites/default/…
Livestream here:
cap-az.granicus.com/player/event/3…
@CAPArizona @azwater
Tom Buschatzke of @azwater discusses goals in the process of developing new post-2026 #ColoradoRiver rules. Among them: 'Balance the need for certainty with the need for flexibility to address changing conditions and circumstances.'
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.@StevePadilla2 just finished leading another fabulous writing workshop on Zoom, this one about story structure. I'm going to share some of his many valuable tips:
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.@StevePadilla2: Structure is inevitably the hardest thing we deal with. … The most important thing is the point, your meaning, your idea.
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.@StevePadilla2 on destination narratives versus journey narratives:

The opposite of the destination narrative is the journey narrative. ... Decide for yourself, is the point of the story the ending or how I get there?
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11 Oct 19
Tom Buschatzke of @azwater is giving a presentation on groundwater in Pinal County: "Looking out 100 years, there is insufficient groundwater in the Pinal Active Management Area to support all existing uses" #AZwater
@azwater My former colleague @dustingardiner wrote about the issue earlier this year. At the time, he reported that the latest data "raises red flags about growth and the water supply in one of the fastest growing parts of the state." azcentral.com/story/news/loc… @azcentral
@azwater @dustingardiner @azcentral Here's the full statement: "Looking out 100 years, there is insufficient groundwater in the Pinal Active Management Area to support all existing uses and issued assured water supply determinations." He's referring partly to reviews that have been issued for new subdivisions.
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A federal judge dismissed portions of a water lawsuit by the Agua Caliente tribe, ruling against its attempt to quantify its rights to groundwater. desertsun.com/story/news/env… @EvanWyloge
This decision comes after an earlier court ruling that the tribe holds groundwater rights dating back to the creation of its reservation in the 1870s.
That ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals stands. But the federal judge ruled this time that the tribe “does not have standing to pursue its quantification and quality claims.”
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