Not even close.
Too many back to back years of "little or no" snowmelt to replenish.
It would take a decade or so of "epic snowfall records" to get back to a normal level in Lake Mead.
The water wars are certainly going on within the state. Can't blame the folks from up north for being pissed about it, I would be.
The biggest issue though, is the intrastate distribution of the water from the Colorado River....
Nevada needs more, Arizona needs more, California needs more.
California, having the most people affected by this coming crisis, has one option to use that Nevada and Arizona does not............
The Pacific Ocean and desalinization.
California needs to get with the program and spend the money to do that.
They are the only one, of the affected states, that has the option to use an alternate water source. We don't, other than suck the northern part of the state dry. Arizona does not have any viable alternatives......California does.
California needs electrical power, too. There are some really interesting things you can do with “cogeneration” plants that simultaneously produce power and desalinate water using nuclear reactors.
Of course, the chances of anything sensible like that happening in CA are nil.
Amen. It is also in the best interests of other states that rely on Colorado river water to promote desalination in southern California.