Community Chat

[Pezzie]

Supposed to be quite the rock and roll afternoon for us, storm wise. 

[Estellee]

Looks are deceiving @Pezzie 

[Kachina624]

@Pezzie. We had storms last night just after dark until about midnight. Albuquerque Fire & Rescue did some fast water rescues and I didn't have electricity for 3 hours.  Feels like a swamp here this morning.

[SharkE]

where does Arizona get it's water ?

[Meowingkitty]

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@SharkE wrote:

where does Arizona get it's water ?

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Phoenix gets its water from five main sources: the Colorado, Salt and Verde rivers, groundwater and reclaimed water.

The vast majority comes from the rivers: the Salt and Verde contribute 52%, and the Colorado River 38%. Reclaimed water accounts for 8% of the city's water supply, and groundwater the remaining 2%.

The Salt River Project canals deliver water from both the Salt and Verde rivers, and the Central Arizona Project canals deliver Colorado River water.

Groundwater comes from one of the city's 22 wells, which can pump up 32 million gallons of groundwater per day. State law regulates Phoenix's groundwater pumping through the 1980 Groundwater Management Act because groundwater is a finite resource. It's considered a one-time, non-renewable source because it takes so long to naturally replenish.

[BlueFinch]

Hope it doesn't rock too badly, but it sure made for an interesting photo. 

[catter70]

I'm in Pa. and I'm getting alerts in my email and on my phone for severe weather. Time will tell.

[mrshckynut]

we had our's last Tuesday and it will be weeks to get downed trees removed

mrshckynut 

[patbz]

@SharkE : AZ gets its water from several sources, including Colorado River and snow melt runoff from mtns.

[SharkE]

To dry for me. To hot too.