tall cool drink of water

[elessa]

methinks there will be violence as a result of this. historically, there always is.

Construction of Imperial Valley water reservoir begins l.a. times.

a reservoir is being constructed in the imperial valley to store water that would otherwise be "lost" to mexico. here are some choice quotes from the article.

But it will mean less water for Mexico, where farmers and cities are suffering from drought and a leaky infrastructure that has trouble delivering water to its customers.

For decades, the United States has allowed Mexico to receive more water from the Colorado River than it was assured under a 1944 treaty.

oh, and this choice one.

"It's not Mexico's water," said Stella Mendoza, a member of the Imperial Irrigation District board. "It's California's water. Mexico has been using it for free all these years. They should have realized that someday it would stop."

isn't the water coming from colorado? doesn't that make it colorado's water. yeah, i know. there are water agreements/treaties, what have you.

this does not bode well for the future.

Comments

[stmarc.livejournal.com]

Most of the river is not in Colorado, and quite a bit of its final flow enters the stream downriver of Colorado. :)

In any event, as you say, Colorado and the other states which are entitled to water from the Colorado worked all this out a long time ago:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_River_Compact

Water rights are a touchy subject, especially in the West. But it all seems quite clear. Why do you think there will be violence, and by whom against whom?

M