“America’s story had always closely aligned with that of Exodus—the tale of a people who left behind an oppressive Old World to enter a wilderness and ultimately build a divinely inspired, promised land. How would that promise look? Powell singlehandedly tried to change the American narrative.”
#watermanagement #drainagebasin #americanwest #johnwesleypowell
#watermanagement #drainagebasin #americanwest #johnwesleypowell
Biggest storm since 2011 has San Diego County in ‘crosshairs’: “The San Diego River watershed will receive about 300,000 acre feet of water, enough to serve about 500,000 homes for a year if there was a way to capture it all, said Marty Ralph, director of UC San Diego’s Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes.”
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/black-ice-on-I-8 via @sdut
#sandiego #AtmosphericRiver #drainagebasin #watermanagement #UCSD #watershed
#sandiego #atmosphericriver #drainagebasin #watermanagement #UCSD #watershed
RT @PythonMaps
European rivers! Coloured according to their drainage basin, and scaled by discharge. #Europe #Rivers #DrainageBasin #Python #Geography #DataViz
#europe #rivers #drainagebasin #python #geography #dataviz
Atmospheric Rivers FTW, now just need water management to survive and thrive
https://fox5sandiego.com/weather/ap-warming-to-make-california-downpours-even-wetter-study-says/
#AtmosphericRiver #California #watermanagement #aquifers #beavers #upzoning #urbanplanning #drainagebasin
#atmosphericriver #california #watermanagement #aquifers #beavers #upzoning #urbanplanning #drainagebasin
“the Colorado River system is in a state of collapse. It is a collapse hastened by climate change but also a crisis of management.”
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/a-water-war-is-brewing-over-the-dwindling-colorado-river
#climatechange #WaterWars #WesternUS #JohnWesleyPowell #agriculture #aquifer #drainagebasin #watermanagement #coloradoriver #WaterFootprint
#climatechange #waterwars #WesternUS #johnwesleypowell #agriculture #aquifer #drainagebasin #watermanagement #coloradoriver #waterfootprint