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To: goldworldnet who wrote (402046)	1/5/2011 8:48:14 PM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794035

Most of the places I've lived have had aquifers that were laid down in glacial times and are not replenished from precipitation. In fact, where I live now there is a river that stays at a constant flow all year regardless of precipitation because it is fed by a glacial aquifer.

To: goldworldnet who wrote (402046)	1/5/2011 10:10:22 PM
From: miraje	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 794035

That's not an irrigation issue OT: As a matter of fact, it is, in the example you posted. A large amount of the water in Lake Mead (and the Colorado River that feeds it) is used for irrigation down stream. And Nevada is only entitled to 4% of the lower basin allocation. California gets over half, and Arizona gets the rest. Mexico is at the end of the line and gets a separate allocation as well. Unless allocations are cut and/or there are a number of above normal snowpack years in the headwaters in the Rockies, Las Vegas is SOL when the taps run dry..