{"id":8387,"date":"2013-02-25T17:53:02","date_gmt":"2013-02-26T01:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/?p=8387"},"modified":"2013-02-25T17:53:02","modified_gmt":"2013-02-26T01:53:02","slug":"thinkprogress-org-study-climate-change-may-dry-up-important-u-s-reservoirs-like-lake-powell-and-lake-mead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/2013\/02\/25\/thinkprogress-org-study-climate-change-may-dry-up-important-u-s-reservoirs-like-lake-powell-and-lake-mead\/","title":{"rendered":"(thinkprogress.org)  &#8216;Study: Climate Change May Dry Up Important U.S. Reservoirs Like Lake Powell And Lake Mead&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AN EXCERPT:\u00a0\u00a0 As climate change makes the regions of the West, Southwest, and Great Plains warmer and drier, water demand will continue to increase, and the combined effect will place an ever greater burden on the country\u2019s fresh water supplies \u2014 possibly completely draining important reservoirs in those areas, under some scenarios&#8230;This is consistent with other studies on the risk of future water shortages: The Department of the Interior <a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2012\/12\/17\/1343441\/the-water-gap-interior-department-warns-of-water-shortages-in-the-colorado-river-basin-due-to-climate-change\/\">is anticipating<\/a> that by 2060 the gap between river supply and water demand in the states of the Colorado River Basin will be 3.2 million acre feet due to climate change&#8230;<strong><strong> In the Colorado River Basin, for instance, \u201cLakes Powell and Mead are projected to drop to zero and\u00a0only occasionally thereafter add rather small amounts of storage before emptying\u00a0again.\u201d<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CLICK THE IMAGE TO READ THE ARTICLE<\/strong><\/p>\n<dl class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" id=\"attachment_8388\" style=\"width: 501px;\">\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\"><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<div id=\"attachment_8388\" style=\"width: 501px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2013\/02\/25\/1638541\/study-climate-change-dry-up-us-reservoirs-lake-powell-lake-mead\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8388\" class=\" wp-image-8388  \" alt=\"Lake Powell in 2005 after several years of drought.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/gc1-buoy-1024x580.jpg\" width=\"491\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/gc1-buoy-1024x580.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/gc1-buoy-300x170.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/gc1-buoy.jpg 1733w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8388\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lake Powell in 2005 after several years of drought.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/climate\/2013\/02\/25\/1638541\/study-climate-change-dry-up-us-reservoirs-lake-powell-lake-mead\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AN EXCERPT:\u00a0\u00a0 As climate change makes the regions of the West, Southwest, and Great Plains warmer and drier, water demand will continue to increase, and the combined effect will place an ever greater burden on the country\u2019s fresh water supplies \u2014 possibly completely draining important reservoirs in those areas, under some scenarios&#8230;This is consistent with 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