{"id":485419,"date":"2022-08-17T11:42:50","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T08:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/us-cuts-water-supply-for-some-states-mexico-as-drought-bites\/"},"modified":"2022-08-17T11:42:50","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T08:42:50","slug":"us-cuts-water-supply-for-some-states-mexico-as-drought-bites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/us-cuts-water-supply-for-some-states-mexico-as-drought-bites\/","title":{"rendered":"#US cuts water supply for some states, Mexico as drought bites"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a95441eeeb\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3a95441eeeb\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/us-cuts-water-supply-for-some-states-mexico-as-drought-bites\/#%E2%80%9CUS_cuts_water_supply_for_some_states_Mexico_as_drought_bites%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;US cuts water supply for some states, Mexico as drought bites&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CUS_cuts_water_supply_for_some_states_Mexico_as_drought_bites%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;US cuts water supply for some states, Mexico as drought bites&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/the-huge-lake-mead-whi.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/the-huge-lake-mead-whi.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"The huge Lake Mead, which was formed by the damming of the Colorado River, is at historically low levels.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img\">\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/the-huge-lake-mead-whi.jpg\" alt=\"The huge Lake Mead, which was formed by the damming of the Colorado River, is at historically low levels\" title=\"The huge Lake Mead, which was formed by the damming of the Colorado River, is at historically low levels.\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-darken text-low-up text-truncate-js text-truncate mt-3\">\n                The huge Lake Mead, which was formed by the damming of the Colorado River, is at historically low levels.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Water supplies to some US states and Mexico will be cut to avoid &#8220;catastrophic collapse&#8221; of the Colorado River, Washington officials said Tuesday, as a historic drought bites.<\/p>\n<section class=\"article-banner first-banner ads-336x280\">\n         <!-- \/4988204\/Phys_Story_InText_Box --><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>More than two decades of well below average rainfall have left the river\u2014the lifeblood of the western United States\u2014at critical levels, as human-caused climate change worsens the natural drought cycle.<\/p>\n<p>Despite years of warnings and a deadline imposed by Washington, states that depend on the river have not managed to agree on a plan to cut their usage, and on Tuesday, the federal government said it was stepping in.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In order to avoid a catastrophic collapse of the Colorado River System and a future of uncertainty and conflict, water use in the Basin must be reduced,&#8221; said Tanya Trujillo, assistant secretary for water and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> at the US Interior Department.<\/p>\n<p>Arizona&#8217;s allocation from the river will fall by 21 percent in 2023, while Nevada will get eight percent less. Mexico&#8217;s allotment will drop by seven percent.<\/p>\n<p>California, the biggest user of the river&#8217;s water and the most populous of the western states, will not be affected next year.<\/p>\n<p>The Colorado River rises in the Rocky Mountains and snakes its way through Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, California and northern Mexico, where it empties into the Gulf of California.<\/p>\n<p>It is fed chiefly by snowpack at high altitudes, which melts slowly throughout the warmer months.<\/p>\n<p>But reduced precipitation and the higher temperatures caused by humanity&#8217;s unchecked burning of fossil fuels means less snow is falling, and what snow exists, is melting faster.<\/p>\n<p>As a consequence, there is not as much water in the river that supplies tens of millions of people and countless acres of farmland.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-gallery lightGallery\">\n<div data-thumb=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/tmb\/2022\/plants-grow-from-an-ex.jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/scx2.b-cdn.net\/gfx\/news\/2022\/plants-grow-from-an-ex.jpg\" data-sub-html=\"Plants grow from an exposed lakebed drying out during low water levels due to the western drought on June 28, 2022, on Lake Mead along the Colorado River in Boulder City, Nevada.\">\n<figure class=\"article-img text-center\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scx1.b-cdn.net\/csz\/news\/800a\/2022\/plants-grow-from-an-ex.jpg\" alt=\"Plants grow from an exposed lakebed drying out during low water levels due to the western drought on June 28, 2022, on Lake Mead\" title=\"Plants grow from an exposed lakebed drying out during low water levels due to the western drought on June 28, 2022, on Lake Mead along the Colorado River in Boulder City, Nevada.\"\/><figcaption class=\"text-left text-darken text-truncate text-low-up mt-3\">\n                Plants grow from an exposed lakebed drying out during low water levels due to the western drought on June 28, 2022, on Lake Mead along the Colorado River in Boulder City, Nevada.<br \/>\n            <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The states that use the water have been locked in negotiations over how to slash usage, but missed a Monday deadline to cut a deal, so Washington stepped in.<\/p>\n<p>Officials in upstream states hit out Tuesday at what they saw as an unfair settlement, with California exempted from any cuts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is unacceptable for Arizona to continue to carry a disproportionate burden of reductions for the benefit of others who have not contributed,&#8221; said a statement by Tom Buschatzke, director of the state&#8217;s Department of Water Resources and Ted Cooke, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> manager of the Central Arizona Project. <\/p>\n<p><b>Climate change<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Deputy Interior Secretary Tommy Beaudreau said his department\u2014which oversees US water supplies\u2014was &#8220;using every resource available to conserve water and ensure that irrigators, Tribes and adjoining communities receive adequate assistance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The worsening drought crisis impacting the Colorado River Basin is driven by the effects of climate change, including extreme heat and low precipitation,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In turn, severe drought conditions exacerbate wildfire risk and ecosystems disruption, increasing the stress on communities and our landscapes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The western United States is suffering under a drought that is now in its 23rd year, the worst episode in more than 1,000 years.<\/p>\n<p>That drought has left swathes of the country dry and vulnerable to hotter, faster and more destructive wildfires.<\/p>\n<p>Communities served by the Colorado River, including Los Angeles, have been ordered to save water, with unpopular restrictions in place on outdoor watering.<\/p>\n<p>Those restrictions are unevenly adhered to, with some lawns\u2014especially in the plushest parts of Los Angeles and its surroundings\u2014still remarkably green.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<div class=\"article-main__explore my-4 d-print-none\">\n<p>                                            Deadline looms for western states to cut Colorado River use\n                                        <\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"mb-4\"\/>\n<p class=\"article-main__note mt-4\">\n                                                \u00a9 2022 AFP<\/p>\n<p>                                        <!-- print only --><\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none d-print-block\">\n<p>                                                 <strong>Citation<\/strong>:<br \/>\n                                                 US cuts water supply for some states, Mexico as drought bites (2022, August 17)<br \/>\n                                                 retrieved 17 August 2022<br \/>\n                                                 from https:\/\/phys.org\/<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a>\/2022-08-states-mexico-drought.html<\/p>\n<p>                                            This document is subject to copyright. 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