March '24 puddle report

Rockoonz
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March '24 puddle report Feb 1, 2023 0:01:29 GMT -5 mohs, fernwood, and 1 more like this

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Record snowfall in the N AZ mountains according to the news
Lake shasta +60' in less than a month, with a lot more snow there as well
On the other hand, even with our nice monsoons and rainfall this winter the west PHX valley aquifer dropped below the 100 year reserve that is supposed to put a halt on new construction, and somehow the report disappeared for a few months while developers fast tracked a bunch of new projects. I assume they expect them to be "grandfathered" and allowed to continue, but a lot of people are ready to fight it, so we'll see.
Meantimes I'm reading up on rainwater collection.

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March '24 puddle report Feb 1, 2023 10:02:41 GMT -5 Rockoonz and fernwood like this

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Feb 1, 2023 0:01:29 GMT -5 Rockoonz said:

Record snowfall in the N AZ mountains according to the news
Lake shasta +60' in less than a month, with a lot more snow there as well
On the other hand, even with our nice monsoons and rainfall this winter the west PHX valley aquifer dropped below the 100 year reserve that is supposed to put a halt on new construction, and somehow the report disappeared for a few months while developers fast tracked a bunch of new projects. I assume they expect them to be "grandfathered" and allowed to continue, but a lot of people are ready to fight it, so we'll see.
Meantimes I'm reading up on rainwater collection.

We're having a pretty wet winter this year. We've had some snow, but nothing like up in Flagstaff and the Snow Bowl. Mostly rain here. One of the headlines in the paper this morning is "Watson Lake overflow going to recharge aquifer". I drove past Watson Lake yesterday and the water is all the way into the woods next to it. It's a good thing.

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parfive no longer being taken for granite Member since August 2005 Posts: 9,606	March '24 puddle report Mar 1, 2023 1:27:22 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by parfive on Mar 1, 2023 1:27:22 GMT -5 Mead’s level held steady in February, but Powell dropped another two and a half feet, setting a new record low every night for the last two weeks.
	Consider the Earth’s history as the old measure of the English yard, the distance from the King’s nose to the tip of his outstretched hand. One stroke of a nail file on his middle finger erases human history. John McPhee - Basin and Range

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March '24 puddle report Mar 1, 2023 23:03:06 GMT -5 RickB and rockjunquie like this

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Feb 1, 2023 0:01:29 GMT -5 Rockoonz said:

Record snowfall in the N AZ mountains according to the news
Lake shasta +60' in less than a month, with a lot more snow there as well
On the other hand, even with our nice monsoons and rainfall this winter the west PHX valley aquifer dropped below the 100 year reserve that is supposed to put a halt on new construction, and somehow the report disappeared for a few months while developers fast tracked a bunch of new projects. I assume they expect them to be "grandfathered" and allowed to continue, but a lot of people are ready to fight it, so we'll see.
Meantimes I'm reading up on rainwater collection.

I lived in Bermuda for a while. No fresh water. (the island is only a mile wide at the widest part) All your domestic water was collected on the roof and stored under the house.

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March '24 puddle report Mar 16, 2023 11:23:07 GMT -5 rockjunquie and hummingbirdstones like this

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Post by parfive on Mar 16, 2023 11:23:07 GMT -5

Still, Lake Powell could gain 45 feet (14 meters) as snow melts and makes its way into tributaries and rivers over the next three months.

apnews.com/article/drought-western-states-storms-83ee04b6fefb455f0dee03a9ee32aae2

We shall see.

Consider the Earth’s history as the old measure of the English yard,
the distance from the King’s nose to the tip of his outstretched hand.
One stroke of a nail file on his middle finger
erases human history.

John McPhee - Basin and Range

parfive no longer being taken for granite Member since August 2005 Posts: 9,606	March '24 puddle report Mar 20, 2023 16:16:35 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by parfive on Mar 20, 2023 16:16:35 GMT -5 Hey, you know all that mud you’ve been ignoring since back in ’63?
	Consider the Earth’s history as the old measure of the English yard, the distance from the King’s nose to the tip of his outstretched hand. One stroke of a nail file on his middle finger erases human history. John McPhee - Basin and Range

rockjunquie Global Moderator Member since March 2012 Posts: 34,969	March '24 puddle report Mar 20, 2023 16:25:53 GMT -5 hummingbirdstones likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by rockjunquie on Mar 20, 2023 16:25:53 GMT -5 Mar 20, 2023 16:16:35 GMT -5 parfive said: Hey, you know all that mud you’ve been ignoring since back in ’63? "We will let the people in the future worry about it."

parfive no longer being taken for granite Member since August 2005 Posts: 9,606	March '24 puddle report Apr 1, 2023 1:01:18 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by parfive on Apr 1, 2023 1:01:18 GMT -5 Mead lost a foot in March. Powell continued setting a new record low every night first half of the month, but ended up a foot to the good after a fortnight of gain. Salty Puddle w/some pics
	Consider the Earth’s history as the old measure of the English yard, the distance from the King’s nose to the tip of his outstretched hand. One stroke of a nail file on his middle finger erases human history. John McPhee - Basin and Range

mohs In Memoriam RIP mohstly Member since January 2009 Posts: 19,412	March '24 puddle report Apr 1, 2023 9:39:47 GMT -5 RickB and rockjunquie like this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mohs on Apr 1, 2023 9:39:47 GMT -5 enjoyed that read seems like there is a solution Pelican are incredible birds that roost in the Salt over by Mesa
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parfive no longer being taken for granite Member since August 2005 Posts: 9,606	March '24 puddle report Apr 2, 2023 23:37:38 GMT -5 rockjunquie likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by parfive on Apr 2, 2023 23:37:38 GMT -5 An old puddle returns.
	Consider the Earth’s history as the old measure of the English yard, the distance from the King’s nose to the tip of his outstretched hand. One stroke of a nail file on his middle finger erases human history. John McPhee - Basin and Range

mohs In Memoriam RIP mohstly Member since January 2009 Posts: 19,412	March '24 puddle report Apr 5, 2023 19:19:30 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by mohs on Apr 5, 2023 19:19:30 GMT -5 glad someone knows what they are doing
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parfive no longer being taken for granite Member since August 2005 Posts: 9,606	March '24 puddle report Apr 6, 2023 1:16:40 GMT -5 mohs likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by parfive on Apr 6, 2023 1:16:40 GMT -5 mohs I wonder if they can hear that spillway roar over in Rio Verde Foothills, Ed, while waiting for the water truck or something like it.
	Consider the Earth’s history as the old measure of the English yard, the distance from the King’s nose to the tip of his outstretched hand. One stroke of a nail file on his middle finger erases human history. John McPhee - Basin and Range

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March '24 puddle report Apr 6, 2023 11:11:07 GMT -5 mohs likes this

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Dramatic photos show how storms filled California reservoirs

apnews.com/article/california-reservoir-levels-winter-storms-da455706e614b95fb49d98a211f788d3?utm_source=homepage&utm_medium=TopNews&utm_campaign=position_10

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March '24 puddle report Apr 30, 2023 23:09:56 GMT -5 rockjunquie likes this

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Mead gained three foot eight this month with most of that in the last week.
Powell set a new record low midmonth but ended with a net gain of two and a half feet.

Meanwhile, Arizona puts the brakes on Wahhabi suck pumps . . .

Water permits for Saudi Arabia-owned farm in Arizona revoked
apnews.com/article/arizona-water-permit-revoked-saudi-arabia-9abbb2b85bd4295ebc7c6403d85bf70d

Arizona revokes water permits for Saudi Arabia-owned alfalfa farm
ktar.com/story/5487088/arizona-revokes-water-permits-for-saudi-arabia-owned-alfalfa-farm/amp/

In Arizona, fresh scrutiny of Saudi-owned farm’s water use
apnews.com/article/water-foreign-farms-arizona-drought-saudi-arabia-2fe3ea1fad43b14ca118cf85196f3e9a

Consider the Earth’s history as the old measure of the English yard,
the distance from the King’s nose to the tip of his outstretched hand.
One stroke of a nail file on his middle finger
erases human history.

John McPhee - Basin and Range

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March '24 puddle report May 31, 2023 23:54:36 GMT -5

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Post by parfive on May 31, 2023 23:54:36 GMT -5

Mead gained four and a half feet in May. Powell’s currently rising about a foot and a half a day, up thirty-six feet for the month.

Latest projection has Powell rising seventy feet this season. Sounds awesome but that just brings it from twenty percent full to thirty.

Consider the Earth’s history as the old measure of the English yard,
the distance from the King’s nose to the tip of his outstretched hand.
One stroke of a nail file on his middle finger
erases human history.

John McPhee - Basin and Range

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March '24 puddle report Jul 1, 2023 0:19:15 GMT -5 RickB and rockjunquie like this

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Post by parfive on Jul 1, 2023 0:19:15 GMT -5

Mead was up a little over two feet in June and is thirteen feet higher than this time last year.
Fun fact: 13 > -240

Powell gained another twenty-three feet this month and is now up sixty-three since its record low back in April.

Consider the Earth’s history as the old measure of the English yard,
the distance from the King’s nose to the tip of his outstretched hand.
One stroke of a nail file on his middle finger
erases human history.

John McPhee - Basin and Range

parfive no longer being taken for granite Member since August 2005 Posts: 9,606	March '24 puddle report Jul 31, 2023 22:53:55 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by parfive on Jul 31, 2023 22:53:55 GMT -5 Mead ends the month four and a half feet to the good. Up at Powell, the big fill ended on the 8th after a rise of sixty-five feet. Since then, it’s down four.
	Last Edit: Jul 31, 2023 22:59:25 GMT -5 by parfive Consider the Earth’s history as the old measure of the English yard, the distance from the King’s nose to the tip of his outstretched hand. One stroke of a nail file on his middle finger erases human history. John McPhee - Basin and Range

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March '24 puddle report Aug 31, 2023 23:23:43 GMT -5

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August’s seesaw puddles . . . Mead up a little over four feet, Powell down almost six.

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Consider the Earth’s history as the old measure of the English yard,
the distance from the King’s nose to the tip of his outstretched hand.
One stroke of a nail file on his middle finger
erases human history.

John McPhee - Basin and Range

parfive no longer being taken for granite Member since August 2005 Posts: 9,606	March '24 puddle report Oct 1, 2023 1:42:43 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by parfive on Oct 1, 2023 1:42:43 GMT -5 Both puddles spent September stuck in neutral. Mead now sits right where it was two years ago, before last year’s freakout.
	Consider the Earth’s history as the old measure of the English yard, the distance from the King’s nose to the tip of his outstretched hand. One stroke of a nail file on his middle finger erases human history. John McPhee - Basin and Range

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March '24 puddle report Oct 1, 2023 16:44:52 GMT -5

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Post by parfive on Oct 1, 2023 16:44:52 GMT -5

I got five and three-quarter inches of rain on Friday.

Phoenix just checked in with 0.15” for a whole monsoon season. (tumbleweed)

Arizona’s biggest city has driest monsoon season since weather service began record-keeping in 1895
apnews.com/article/southwest-driest-monsoon-season-phoenix-arizona-heat-51bcf30611e0318286d6a71c8c45353c

Consider the Earth’s history as the old measure of the English yard,
the distance from the King’s nose to the tip of his outstretched hand.
One stroke of a nail file on his middle finger
erases human history.

John McPhee - Basin and Range