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The document summarizes water resources in Wyoming. It notes that the largest water users are for crop production to feed livestock. The major water supply sources are surface water from river basins, groundwater throughout the state, mountain snowpack which provides around 70% of the supply, and reservoir storage. Wyoming relies heavily on its snowpack and surface water sources, making it vulnerable to climate change. The document also lists some of the major reservoirs in Wyoming.
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long-term average. If it holds up, it would mean 13 of the past 15 years have had below-average runoff.
Any way you look at it, that qualifies as a drought.
The result is very little river water for farmers. “We’re crushed,” said Gary Esslinger, who manages the Elephant Butte
Irrigation District, delivering what water there is to Lower Rio Grande Valley farmers.
Wet years have a way of covering up a multitude of water management sins. Drought exposes them for all to see.
Back in the 1990s, we had all the same underlying water management problems in this state, but a string of wet years
left Elephant Butte full and allowed us to ignore our problems.
A run of 13 dry years out of 15 years since then on the Lower Rio Grande has left us with insufficient water to meet the
needs of all the water users in the Lower Rio Grande Valley.
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It’s hard to keep track of who’s suing who as a result.
The New Mexico Attorney General’s Office last year sued the federal government over the way Elephant Butte’s water is
accounted for and managed, a feud that has either directly or indirectly dragged in other water users up and down the
river, from the farmers in the Albuquerque reach of the river to Las Cruces, all choosing sides.
Meanwhile, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas can’t agree on how to account for who owns how much of the pool that
sits now in Elephant Butte. At a meeting of the Rio Grande Compact Commission in Austin last month, representatives
of the three states ended up in a standoff on the question. The water accounting sheets developed by the three states
explaining their competing views of hydrologic reality run to 23 pages total.
Then in the past few weeks, the early release of water from Elepha ...
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This document discusses various topics related to freshwater resources including the hydrologic cycle, major water compartments, water use, freshwater shortages, dams and diversions, water management strategies for businesses, and potential alternative water supply options. It notes that only 0.5% of the world's water is available as freshwater with the majority located in oceans, glaciers, wetlands and the atmosphere. Growing shortages are exacerbated by climate change impacts and increasing water demands, posing risks to businesses reliant on water supplies. Strategies like measuring water footprints, risk assessment, stakeholder engagement and disclosure are recommended for sustainable water management.
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Hydrosphere: All the water at or near the surface of the earth
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3) Specifically, conserving forests, wetlands, and aquifers that store and release water can help use limited supplies more sustainably along with other measures to cut residential and industrial water waste.
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- 1. By: Anfal, Anna, Kidist, Mercedes
- 2. Largest water users in Wyoming Forge crop production ✓ Driven by the need to produce feed for livestock. Source: wy.water.usgs.gov
- 3. Major water supply sources in Wyoming • Surface water from the major river basins: the Missouri- Mississippi, Green-Colorado, Snake-Columbia, and Great Salt Lake. • Groundwater: can be found throughout the state, and a substantial amount of it is available for future use • Mountain Snowpack: around 70% of Wyoming's water supply comes in the form of snow. • Reservoir storage: Reservoir storage has a high demand in summer and fall due to limited precipitation. In Wyoming, much of the water is supplied by snow melt. Wyoming is the 5th driest state in the country
- 5. According to US Drought Monitor on July 10,2012 severe drought condition covered half of Wyoming. But in early July 2002 conditions were a lot worse. The brutality of the drought was base on precipitation, soil moisture, steam flow, and temperature. The Powder/Tongue River Basin Plan is
- 6. •“Wyoming is limited in the amount that streamflows can be depleted by interstate water compacts established with other states and by court decrees.”
- 7. Upper Colorado River Basin
- 9. Wyoming Water Resources & Climate Change • Why is Wyoming water resources so vulnerable to climate change? • Like mentioned before that Wyoming relies on mountain snowpack hugely, so these sources are sensitive on the change in climate for many reasons: 1. Rely heavily on snowpack 2. The regional climate is semi-arid 3. The geographical features of the regionals watersheds makes it difficult to capture all available water supplies.
- 10. • Changes in (A) ground-water levels and (B) saturated thickness in the High Plains aquifer from predevelopment to 1997. • estimated that there are 10 million acre-feet in alluvial aquifers and 3 billion acre-feet in bedrock aquifers GROUND WATER
- 11. • 16.3 million acre-feet of surface water is produced each year • 70% of surface water comes from melted snow • 1.9 million acre-feet flows through the state each year SURFACE WATER
- 14. Basins help develop water and land resources to help make better use of our sources.
- 15. THANK YOU