Las Vegas, la guerre de l'eau - réponses. The Central Arizona Project » Disputed Waters. The major tourist destination Lake Havasu is a reservoir constructed a big pumping station indicates the start of the Central Arizona Project (CAP). This 336 mi (541 km) long diversion canal moves water from the Colorado River to central and southern Arizona. The CAP is the largest and most expensive aqueduct system ever constructed in the United States, and it is the single biggest consumer of energy in Arizona. Without it Phoenix would not have been able to grow to its current size of 1,5 million residents. Photos: Ronald de Hommel / Johannes Abeling – Disputed Waters - Photoseries. Farming with Colorado water » Disputed Waters. Photoseries Irrigated farmland is the biggest consumer of Colorado River water. Throughout the Southwest millions of acres are watered to produce water thirsty crops like lettuce, cotton and alfalfa. The dry and warm climate makes several harvests a year possible.
So there’s always a big conflict between the opposition that says you shouldn’t grow lettuce in the desert and the farmers that emphasize their productivity. Photo’s: Ronald de Hommel and Johannes Abeling – Disputed Waters - Photoseries Related « Newer Entries | Older Entries » Disputed Waters » Disputed Waters.
River Colorado » Disputed Waters. Robert Redford and Will Ferrell use some new tactics to get attention to the dried up Colorado delta. the goal of the video is to attract attention to Redfords organization to bring the Colorado delta back to life. On their website they write: “If we can add a relatively small amount of water to the Colorado — less than 1% of its annual flow — we’ll be on our way to restoring 2,300 acres of forest and marsh along a 70-mile stretch of river, generating rural economic activities and job opportunities for local people, including river restoration, tourism, recreational hunting, and sport and commercial fisheries.
Help us breathe life back into the Delta and let’s watch it grow. Our goal is to raise $10 million by 2017. The money will be used to conduct essential restoration work, such as putting native trees in the ground, and for the purchase of permanent water rights dedicated to the Delta. The Delta is the most broken reach of the Colorado. . – Blog. Colorado – Area 04 » Disputed Waters. For more than ten years the American West has suffered from an unprecedented drought. With an exponential population growth and the temperatures on the rise due to climate change, water levels in the reservoirs of the Colorado River are going down at an alarming rate. Politicians and water managers fear water shortages in the near future; conflicts seem unavoidable. Patricia Mulroy of the Southern Nevada Water Authority: ‘I am worried.’ Las Vegas – ‘This is a make-you town, or a break-you town’, is what Frank Sinatra sang about Las Vegas.
That was in the fifties, and the song was about money. If Sinatra were still alive, he could revamp his song about Las Vegas. In his air-conditioned jeep, he points at his laptop screen that lists data indicating where in the city water is wasted. You can imagine many things for which one would need a policeman in Las Vegas, but few people would think of a water cop. The educational part of his work is not easy, Perry confesses. Golf. Recreation On and Along the Colorado River » Disputed Waters.
Photoseries Tourism is a major revenue generator for the American southwest. It may also be a good way to raise awareness for the trouble the Colorado is in. Photo’s: Ronald de Hommel and Johannes Abeling – Disputed Waters - Photoseries « Newer Entries | Older Entries » Colorado Webdocumentary at le Monde website » Disputed Waters. This weekend a webdocumentary with our photos and videos was published at lemonde.fr. The website of the famous French newspaper. The saturday magazine ran an 8 page photo-essay. Last week we had a photo-essay of the Mekong.
Next week the Nile will close the series. – Ronald de Hommel - News. La guerre de l'eau : le Colorado dilapidé.