Question, why does Havasu have water?

[Racey]

I just returned from Powell and it is not very low. It is only 88' down from the top of the dam.

88 feet is like 50% of the water gone

You must never have been when it's full, the Canyons go so much further back. There are probably 20 canyons in Escalante right now that you can't get to.

If Havasu was 88 feet higher the post office on McCullough would have wet floors.

 

[HOOTER SLED-]

Cumming? Here we go, 30 more grammar posts.

Perfectly placed to go along with the fuck the Grammar police comment. Cum on man....Cum on. Catch the pun yo.

 

[Finally made it]

I always thought that because Powell and Mead were reservoirs they would go up and down according to rain fall. But Mohave and Havasu aren't.

X2

 

[RaceNeked]

Mead, Powell, etc having major water level issues, so why not Havasu? What has Havasu figured out that the other haven't?

Down stream from Hoover. Havasu varies by about 5feet. Havasu is just a temporary holding pond on the way down the Colorado...

 

[nowski]

More water=better piss dilution in The Channel.

That's why Havasu has such pretty blue water...

 

[Ziggy]

In a nut shell the Colorado River levels are regulated based On the Colorado River Compact of 1922. The Compact has been modified over the years and in fact was not ratified by many of the states until years later. Both Powell and Mead are considered storage basins which can be lowered or raised and Mohave and Havasu are feeder lakes and must be maintained within a certain range.
If your are really interested here are some interesting links:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_River_Compact
http://www.snwa.com/apps/colorado_river/index.cfml
http://blog.golakehavasu.com/depend-on-lake-havasu-for-constant-water-levels/
http://fire.biol.wwu.edu/trent/alles/LowerColorado.pdf
http://www.havasuwatersavers.org/lake_havasu_city_water_resources.php

That's it right there. Different designation of the type of facility each lake is....storage vs feeder.[emoji106]