[goo]

Colorado's where the river's headwaters are: this is probably an even bigger deal for those in Utah, Arizona, Las Vegas, and Southeastern California.

[xyzwave]

Don’t forget Mexico who’s allocated 1.5 million acre-feet per year (59 cubic metres per second) by the Colorado River Compact [1].

Which I believe was drafted during the wettest decade in the Southwest’s history.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_River_Compact

[SilasX]

Wait, Mexico’s share is (as seems from both your comment and the link) specified in absolute terms rather than as a percentage like the US states? Leaving no allowance for that amount not existing?

More specific link:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_River_Compact#Provisi...

[xyzwave]

Minute 319 [1] determines how water allocations will change during conditions of drought or surplus. This is also covered a little at the end of the Wikipedia article.

In a max drought scenario (Lake Mead surface elevation <1,025 feet) it looks like delivery requirements would be reduced by 125,000 acre-feet, with different delivery thresholds above that range.

1. https://www.ibwc.gov/Files/Minutes/Min319_Env_Fact_Sheet.pdf

[arbitrary_name]

I believe that the water to be supplied to Mexico via the river was of such poor quality that we ended up either trucking or directly purifying a set volume of water downstream to meet our treaty obligations.

[collegeburner]

time to cut mexicos water before anything else then. not like they can fight us on it.

[jacquesm]

Yes, because who gives a fuck about treaties. After all, when your neighbor can't fight you it's a-ok to take their stuff. /s

[collegeburner]

better they have problems then we do

[arbitrary_name]

No it's not. What do you think is going to happen to the migration or border once agriculture and clean water supplies evaporate down there?

Do the right thing, fulfill the obligations. The consequences suck for everyone.

[collegeburner]

why should we fulfil our obligations to the mexicans before the arizonans? we should keep our obligations to our own country first. we literally cant fulfill all the obligations so some has to go. im not saying "screw mexico" but its a governments job to care for its own people at least before others.

[dragonwriter]

Do you want a massive wave of unauthorized immigration? Because that's how you get a massive wave of unauthorized immigration.

[polartx]

Uhh, thing is, that’s been going on for the better part of two years now

[Ekaros]

And this is why we need nuclear proliferation.

[cmurf]

That is somewhat true, but also in Colorado there's a plethora of westslope vs front range issues.