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  1. Unraveling The Drivers Of Water Shortage Across Spatial Scales And Sectors In Colorado's West Slope River Basins
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    doi.org/10.1029/2026EF008137 <-- shared paper
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    ['sorry' about your Kentucky Bluegrass, almonds, etc... /s]
    H/T Sai Veena Sunkara | Postdoctoral Associate
    โ€œโ€ฆColoradoโ€™s West Slope basins provide nearly 70% of the inflows to Lake Powell and are also essential to communities, agriculture, industry, hydropower, and downstream Colorado River users.
    To examine the wide range of possible futures, [they] simulated 2.1 million years, defining 20,000 plausible scenarios applying changes to streamflow, snowmelt timing, drought persistence, and agricultural, municipal, and industrial water demand.
    A key finding is that there is ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€. The most influential drivers vary by basin, sector, and water user. In some areas, shortages are driven primarily by persistent low-flow conditions or changing snowmelt timing. In others, increasing municipal, industrial, or irrigation demand plays a larger role. This suggests that adaptation strategies must be tailored to specific basins and users rather than relying on a single, system-wide solution. Other major findings are
    โ€ข West Slope deliveries to Lake Powell could fall more than 50% below the current median baseline
    โ€ข Storage in major West Slope reservoirs could decline 40โ€“55% below historical medians
    These results underscore the need for water-planning approaches that account for deep uncertainty, persistent drought, shifting snowmelt patterns, and sector-specific demandโ€ฆโ€
    #Colorado #waterallocation #StateMod #USWest #USA #WesternSlope #waterresources #watersecurity #watershortage #drought #snowmelt #rainfall #precipitation #riverbasin #water #hydrography #hydrology #reasons #agriculture #industry #hydropower #streamflow #surfacewater #municipal #irrigation #adaptationstrategies #planning #policy #mitigation #ColoradoRiver #basins #climatechange #extremeweather #populationpressure #waterdemand #waterrights #model #modeling #HiddenMarkovModel #stochastic #projecteddemand #ColoradoRiverBasin #wateruse #spatial #mapping #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #strategy

  2. #NotNews24 | #UnbreaklingDiabloIVWorldNotNews; #IT's #DefinitelyNotNews... #NotNewNews and #SomeMoreNotNews...

    #ContentWarning: #ContainsZeroPercentFootball

    #ThePurpleThings... #AllThePurpleThings... They #TasteOfPurple... #IT's #NotEasy... #BeingGreen โ™ป๏ธ

    #BTW: #TheThing to #BearInMind #AboutDeath is that there are #Always #TradeOffs...

    #Survivability or #MaxDamage; #Or... #Somewhere... #InBetween... #SomewhereInEurope

    #ThrottleResponse is a #Factor... #AmongManyFactors...

    #Something for the #RacistHomophobes at #SSG to have a #LittleThink about on "they/them's" #DeadGame on #NonEuropeanServer(s) while #TheGhostOfMisterDen's #ImaginaryPersonalities #CryAboutNothing to #NoOne...

    ๐ŸŽถ #OneManWentToMow...

    ๐ŸŽถ #WentToMow... #AMeadow...

    ... <<... #InsertLongList of #Things...>>

    ๐ŸŽถ ... #AndHisDog... ๐Ÿบ

    Have #AnotherPrideMonth; #OrSomething...

    We're #SoVerified :verified_paw: :verified_flashing: :verified_paw:

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    #BroughtToYou by #EngineeringProfessional with #BritishEngineeringExcellence in #Europe... With #DigitalAssets being #SomewhatDigital in a #MostlyNonBinaryWorld...

    #Because... #Reasons...

    And, #Because... #IT's a #Spectrum; #AlwaysHasBeen... #TwasEverThus

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    #EuropeanServer #BeingEuropean #SomewhereInEurope #StayingEuropean #StillBeingLegal #TotallyLegal #EULaw #WhatsUpBro #Paladins #ComingBackInFashion #ContainsZeroPercentMastodonSocial #DigitalServicesAct #StillWorkingAsIntended #AsIntended #RedBeanBear #StillRed #MyOwnDevices #TheNecromancer #ExploringDeath #SomewhatOverQualified #RedBeanBear #StillRed #CaptainRedBeanBear #FictionalCommunityManager #SonyExclusives #TheTasteOfPurple

  3. #NotNews24 | #UnbreaklingChristmasIsBullcrapNotNews... #IT's #NotNews; because #Reasons and because #ChristmasIsBullcrap, with the #BiscuitAndDieselForecast presented by #RedBeanBear...

    We're #Fine for #Biscuits and #Diesel... And, #ChristmasChocolates... #ChristmasIsStillBullcrap, though...

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