Water Levels

Tony Shelton

Tony Shelton

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I don't know if this link is going to work or not, but I'm trying to post a Bing map of the top section of lake mead. (You have to click on AERIAL VIEW to see it.)

When you are zoomed out you can see a big basin in the top right right behind the spot of land that looks like Saudi Arabia. We used to ski and camp around that basin.

Someone had a ski course set up their for skiing and wakeboarding just ten years ago. now it's dry. If you zoom in a click or two you'll see that water disappear as the overhead picture gets newer.

Even these pictures are old. In 2004 we camped at the campground just north of the marina over looking the lake. Today it overlooks a green field and you can drive down the launch ramp onto the lake bed.

http://www.bing.com/maps/default.as...zNzA2NzklN2UtMTE0LjM0NzE2MjI0NjcwNCZsdmw9MTQ=

But, so all the Al Gore doomsday people don't get all excited I'm posting this link showing that this is cyclical and has absolutely nothing to do with "climate change"

http://www.arachnoid.com/NaturalResources/
 
Lake Lanier was starting to look the same way. We have finally been getting enough rain to fill it back up. It was 20' below full level last year. We are up to only 5' below now. We were actually out there yesterday at one of the parks. I was glad to see it was better. It is supposed to go through a 10 or 20 year drought cycle also.
 
If Lake mead is where I am thinking (Hoover Dam) I was there last year and It was so far down it was unreal. We drove through there and when we got out at Hoover Dam, a travel guide said that where the rocks are white is where the water level use to be. It was WAY down.
 
It's hard to realize what it means to have gone down 130 feet until you see it.

Here is Wishing Well Cove, in 1998 we used to be able to stand on that tall white rock to the left, it was covered by about a foot of water.

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Here is where we have to tie up now.

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And this is how far away that is from where we used to tie up

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I'm sure it will come back.
 
Someone been testing there new recovery unit out and forget to put all the water back? :eek: OMG... Thats insane!
 
Larry Millette said:
Someone been testing there new recovery unit out and forget to put all the water back? :eek: OMG... Thats insane!
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Larry, it's being filtered right now. They'll put it back in when they're done. :p
 
Yeah, the tour guide said that you can tell where the water was at by where the rocks are white at. Something about the minerals in the water changed the color of the rock white.

Was I right about Lake Mead and Hoover Dam?
 
Lake Mead is formed by Hoover Dam. Remember that it is a man formed lake, and is a real political football right now. California wants their share of the water out of colorado, along with everyone elses. Las Vegas is growing far faster than any city in the desert should, or at least was growing, and so there are constant water releases to satisfy those two huge appetites for water. Arizona also wants there share, and that water is actually shipped down to Tucson via the CAP canal. Unfortunately, Mead is the fuse that is the first to go. Lake Powell is SLOWLY refilling, and then next will be Mead. The Phoenix area has all of their lakes full due to runoff, which is enough water for four or 5 years, without a drop of rain. Vegas and Southern California do not have the same resources. It is a killer.
 
I had an idea of a large cross-the-USA 4' diameter pipeline going to each state so when there is a flood somewhere, just pump it into the pipeline and it goes to whoever needs the water, just filter and clean it like what most cities do anyway with water from the lakes and rivers.

With that size of pipe you could pump between 5,000 to 12,000 barrels (210,000 to 504,000 gallons) per hour through it and send it where it could be used or where it is needed.

The oil companies already do this with crude oil and finished petroleum products through steel pipe but for water it might be better to use concrete so it would last longer and not rust away.

They pump products thousands of miles no problem, just need booster pumps along the way. I think that this would work but unfortunately would be a government project and would have the typical B.S. and politics involved but might help out a lot of people and communities.

Yes it would take 20 years, 500 billion and still go over budget, never work right and put a lot of people to work and be involved in scandals, corruption and kickbacks but I think it is a good idea, it could help out the farmers when it is dry and not raining and help those where it floods.
 
Chris...I would love to see that plan take action! It was frustrating to see ATL in a deficit on rain levels, yet midwestern states were having flooding.
 
Chris could build it with all the leftover parts in his garage. heck he could even restore the melting Glaciers at the poles with the commercial Ice maker he has. Hahaha!
 
Larry Millette said:
Chris could build it with all the leftover parts in his garage. heck he could even restore the melting Glaciers at the poles with the commercial Ice maker he has. Hahaha!
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You are very close, working on a larger project for the government right now so that pipeline will have to wait. hahahahaha
 
Scott Stone said:
Lake Mead is formed by Hoover Dam. Remember that it is a man formed lake, and is a real political football right now. California wants their share of the water out of colorado, along with everyone elses. Las Vegas is growing far faster than any city in the desert should, or at least was growing, and so there are constant water releases to satisfy those two huge appetites for water. Arizona also wants there share, and that water is actually shipped down to Tucson via the CAP canal. Unfortunately, Mead is the fuse that is the first to go. Lake Powell is SLOWLY refilling, and then next will be Mead. The Phoenix area has all of their lakes full due to runoff, which is enough water for four or 5 years, without a drop of rain. Vegas and Southern California do not have the same resources. It is a killer.
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Scott, we don't get much more than a dribble in comparison to what goes to Southern California. And, Las Vegas has come to a screeching halt in growth. We've counted over 100 construction cranes within sight of the Rio before. This month there are only 5. The ironworkers union hall is empty. Everyone went back to their homes.

Luckily we've got this DAM and we control the spigot!!! :p Need some water AZ and CA???????:cool:
 
Tony Shelton said:
Scott, we don't get much more than a dribble in comparison to what goes to Southern California. And, Las Vegas has come to a screeching halt in growth. We've counted over 100 construction cranes within sight of the Rio before. This month there are only 5. The ironworkers union hall is empty. Everyone went back to their homes.

Luckily we've got this DAM and we control the spigot!!! :p Need some water AZ and CA???????:cool:
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I'm not sure about how much we get from the Dam? Its a fed dam Right?

I dont know why but we just got out of a 8 year drought. No one even said dont use water. We keep building man made lakes fountains and everything else that uses water,

Not sure why we have it but no one ever uses it cautiously.
 
Ron Musgraves said:
I'm not sure about how much we get from the Dam? Its a fed dam Right?

I dont know why but we just got out of a 8 year drought. No one even said dont use water. We keep building man made lakes fountains and everything else that uses water,

Not sure why we have it but no one ever uses it cautiously.
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So you're the culprit!
 
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