Eli Report post Posted January 19, 2023 54 minutes ago, Sky Island junkie said: We’ll likely never see another dam constructed with the stranglehold the envirotards have on this country I agree with this fully . The foresight and future vision of some of those old projects has been lacking of late 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ohthatguy Report post Posted January 19, 2023 On 1/18/2023 at 7:28 AM, Adicted said: https://streamflow.watershedconnection.com/Dwr Just called Alamo. Lake up 8 ft in 24 hours. Main boat ramp closed due to it. We needed this big time. Woohoo! Now 14' in last 5 days.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Swivelhead Report post Posted January 19, 2023 6 minutes ago, Ohthatguy said: Woohoo! Now 14' in last 5 days.. Roosevelt up 12' since mid November. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elkaholic Report post Posted January 19, 2023 3 hours ago, Sky Island junkie said: We’ll likely never see another dam constructed with the stranglehold the envirotards have on this country Your wrong on this topic! Ongoing plans to build a new dam on verde below bartlette. https://www.abc15.com/weather/impact-earth/plan-to-raise-bartlett-dam-could-bring-billions-of-gallons-of-water-to-the-valley Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TOBY Report post Posted January 19, 2023 14 hours ago, Edge said: I always laughed when I saw that sign. I think it's posted on the old bridge before they built that ghastly roundabout? Plus the other 2 with five more going on 93. Giving cochino valley and crotchnwood a run for their money with these things. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sky Island junkie Report post Posted January 19, 2023 2 hours ago, elkaholic said: Your wrong on this topic! Ongoing plans to build a new dam on verde below bartlette. https://www.abc15.com/weather/impact-earth/plan-to-raise-bartlett-dam-could-bring-billions-of-gallons-of-water-to-the-valley I will gladly accept being wrong on this topic. Hope it happens! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GreatWhiteBuffalo Report post Posted January 19, 2023 3 hours ago, Sky Island junkie said: I will gladly accept being wrong on this topic. Hope it happens! I heard they want to raise Bartlett dam Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GreyGhost85 Report post Posted January 19, 2023 Yep, i heard about it in a meeting a couple months ago. SRP is raising the bartlett dam a lot and Horseshoe lake will basically be a sediment trap. They also plan on damming a another spot near the salt river lakes and basically creating a new lake somewhere above canyon/apache lake. Arizona is the last state to “sign on” to the Colorado River water “lease” so we will be the first state that gets kicked off when the flow gets to a certain low point. SRP is trying to come up with solutions to supply water to AZ independently. Apparently thr salt and Verde supply enough water, we just don’t have the ability to hold it so we just blow it through the dams and more or less waste it. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PRDATR Report post Posted January 19, 2023 14 minutes ago, GreyGhost85 said: Yep, i heard about it in a meeting a couple months ago. SRP is raising the bartlett dam a lot and Horseshoe lake will basically be a sediment trap. They also plan on damming a another spot near the salt river lakes and basically creating a new lake somewhere above canyon/apache lake. Arizona is the last state to “sign on” to the Colorado River water “lease” so we will be the first state that gets kicked off when the flow gets to a certain low point. SRP is trying to come up with solutions to supply water to AZ independently. Apparently thr salt and Verde supply enough water, we just don’t have the ability to hold it so we just blow it through the dams and more or less waste it. Makes Sense. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sky Island junkie Report post Posted January 20, 2023 1 hour ago, GreatWhiteBuffalo said: I heard they want to raise Bartlett dam They’ve been talking about that for over a decade I believe Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NOTAGS Report post Posted January 20, 2023 2 hours ago, GreyGhost85 said: above canyon/apache lake Um, isn’t that now called Roosevelt Lake? 3 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
elkaholic Report post Posted January 20, 2023 Reliable source stated new dam down stream. Aprox 100+ ft. higher than old dam. Kinda like they did at lake pleasant. Water could backup to Horseshoe when water level has reached its highest . Most likely a lot of us ole timers probably won't see it finished, or get a chance to fish it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesPursuit Report post Posted January 20, 2023 9 hours ago, elkaholic said: Reliable source stated new dam down stream. Aprox 100+ ft. higher than old dam. Kinda like they did at lake pleasant. Water could backup to Horseshoe when water level has reached its highest . Most likely a lot of us ole timers probably won't see it finished, or get a chance to fish it. Immediately downstream, accurate source. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CouesPursuit Report post Posted January 20, 2023 14 hours ago, GreyGhost85 said: They also plan on damming a another spot near the salt river lakes and basically creating a new lake somewhere above canyon/apache lake. Also accurate but the word "lake" may be a bit deceiving regarding size and purpose. This one is for the MWs. 12 hours ago, NOTAGS said: Um, isn’t that now called Roosevelt Lake? The new power-generating pumped storage project is unnamed at the moment. It is very much in the feasibilty stages of planning. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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