Water issues junkie. Please check out my blog on WordPress: https://coyotegulch.blog, thanks — John Orrhttps://bsky.app/profile/coyotegulch.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/coyotegulch.bsky.social/post/3mualdjpnw22kAs drought conditions worsen, #Denver Board of Water Commissioners declares formal end to lawn watering season October 1, 2026: Resolution orders sprinkler shut-downs, end to lawn watering; hand-watering for trees and gardens still allowed -- DenverWater.org https://coyotegulch.blog/2026/08/29/as-drought-conditions-worsen-denver-board-of-water-commissioners-declares-formal-end-to-lawn-watering-season-october-1-2026-resolution-orders-sprinkler-shut-downs-end-to-lawn-watering-hand-water/29 Aug 2026 19:10 +0000at://did:plc:g2phofdbfxf7d5bcd5oah3iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mualdjpnw22khttps://bsky.app/profile/coyotegulch.bsky.social/post/3mu6gfxlnw22rMrs. Gulch and I moved into my VW bus on our wedding night. Photo is in South Park during our maiden voyage. https://coyotegulch.blog/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/30th044.jpg [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 22:37 +0000at://did:plc:g2phofdbfxf7d5bcd5oah3iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu6gfxlnw22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/coyotegulch.bsky.social/post/3mu62wyn5qc2wThe lifting costs for pumping would be prohibitive. #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:g2phofdbfxf7d5bcd5oah3iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu62wyn5qc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/coyotegulch.bsky.social/post/3mu5tlph6222nThis proposed pipeline to divert water from the Atchafalaya River in Louisiana through Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and up to the Glen Canyon Dam. Credit: Don Siefkes [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:g2phofdbfxf7d5bcd5oah3iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5tlph6222nhttps://bsky.app/profile/coyotegulch.bsky.social/post/3mu5qrkd5us2nIf you mean the idea, I don't know, but pipelines to the #ColoradoRiver Basin have been talked about for years. If you're wondering about the image: Created by Imgur user Fejetlenfej , a geographer and GIS analyst with a ‘lifelong passion for beautiful maps.’ [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 16:09 +0000at://did:plc:g2phofdbfxf7d5bcd5oah3iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5qrkd5us2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/coyotegulch.bsky.social/post/3mu5pptbhok2qPat Mulroy, at a conference a while back, said the Lower Basin has an obligation to increase supply with desalination. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 15:51 +0000at://did:plc:g2phofdbfxf7d5bcd5oah3iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5pptbhok2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/coyotegulch.bsky.social/post/3mu5pm4gxyk2qYou think that they’re going to dump water from the Mississippi into the Colorado River headwaters? [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Aug 2026 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:g2phofdbfxf7d5bcd5oah3iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5pm4gxyk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/coyotegulch.bsky.social/post/3mu5ipyp6zk2uWhat #climate science tells us about the causes of the #ColoradoRiver crisis: Researchers have grown increasingly confident in global warming’s role in post-2000 ‘megadrought’ -- Chase Woodruff (ColoradoNewsline.com) #CWCSC2026 #COriver #aridification https://coyotegulch.blog/2026/08/28/what-climate-science-tells-us-about-the-causes-of-the-coloradoriver-crisis-researchers-have-grown-increasingly-confident-in-global-warmings-role-in-post-2000-megadrought/28 Aug 2026 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:g2phofdbfxf7d5bcd5oah3iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5ipyp6zk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/coyotegulch.bsky.social/post/3mu5ioneouc2eWhat climate science tells us about the causes of the Colorado River crisis https://coloradonewsline.com/2026/08/26/climate-science-colorado-river-crisis/28 Aug 2026 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:g2phofdbfxf7d5bcd5oah3iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5ioneouc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/coyotegulch.bsky.social/post/3mu5ho7ouwc2cStage Four begins for the IID to protect its rights to #ColoradoRiver water -- Brian McNeece (TheDesertReview.com) #COriver #aridification https://coyotegulch.blog/2026/08/28/stage-four-begins-for-the-iid-to-protect-its-rights-to-coloradoriver-water-brian-mcneece-thedesertreview-com-coriver-aridification/28 Aug 2026 13:27 +0000at://did:plc:g2phofdbfxf7d5bcd5oah3iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5ho7ouwc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/coyotegulch.bsky.social/post/3mu5gtktjok2uTopsoil Moisture % Short/Very Short by @usda_oce. 49% of the Lower 48 is short/very short, a 1% increase from last week. Highest short/very topsoil spans parts of the West, Plains, and South, led by NM at 90%; VT at 87%; OR, WY, and TX at 86%; and LA and OK at 81% https://coyotegulch.blog/2026/08/28/topsoil-moisture-short-very-short-by-usda_oce-49-of-the-lower-48-is-short-very-short-a-1-increase-from-last-week-highest-short-very-topsoil-spans-parts-of-the-west-plains-south-and-northeast/28 Aug 2026 13:12 +0000at://did:plc:g2phofdbfxf7d5bcd5oah3iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5gtktjok2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/coyotegulch.bsky.social/post/3mu5glidfoc2k"Why don't we just build a pipeline from the #MississippiRiver, the Great Lakes or somewhere else with plenty of water and send it to #LakeMead?" -- The Southern #Nevada Water Authority https://coyotegulch.blog/2026/08/28/why-dont-we-just-build-a-pipeline-from-the-mississippiriver-the-great-lakes-or-somewhere-else-with-plenty-of-water-and-send-it-to-lakemead-the-southern-nevada-water-authority/28 Aug 2026 13:07 +0000at://did:plc:g2phofdbfxf7d5bcd5oah3iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5glidfoc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/coyotegulch.bsky.social/post/3mu5g2yiroc2dRare #YampaRiver call curtails junior water rights amid historic #drought: More than 300 upstream diversions could be affected as low flows, reservoir releases and worsening drought strain water supplies across the basin -- Steamboat Pilot & Today https://coyotegulch.blog/2026/08/28/rare-yampariver-call-curtails-junior-water-rights-amid-historic-drought-more-than-300-upstream-diversions-could-be-affected-as-low-flows-reservoir-releases-and-worsening-drought-strain-water-suppl/28 Aug 2026 12:58 +0000at://did:plc:g2phofdbfxf7d5bcd5oah3iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5g2yiroc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/coyotegulch.bsky.social/post/3mu5fikivgc24Colorado remains ‘epicenter’ of worst #drought conditions in the West, as heat records pile up: The 2026 water year has seen drought persist across the Western Slope, ranking among the hottest and driest for some regions of #Colorado -- Steamboat Pilot & Today https://coyotegulch.blog/2026/08/28/colorado-remains-epicenter-of-worst-drought-conditions-in-the-west-as-heat-records-pile-up-the-2026-water-year-has-seen-drought-persist-across-the-western-slope-ranking-among-the/28 Aug 2026 12:48 +0000at://did:plc:g2phofdbfxf7d5bcd5oah3iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5fikivgc24https://bsky.app/profile/coyotegulch.bsky.social/post/3mu5duu5exs2rUpper Basin on verge of first-ever #ColoradoRiver Compact breach, Central #Arizona Project president Terry Goddard warns: Lawsuit may be on the table -- KTAR.com https://coyotegulch.blog/2026/08/28/upper-basin-on-verge-of-first-ever-coloradoriver-compact-breach-central-arizona-project-president-terry-goddard-warns-lawsuit-may-be-on-the-table-ktar-com/28 Aug 2026 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:g2phofdbfxf7d5bcd5oah3iu/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu5duu5exs2r