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Droughts (Part 4)

By Jack Curtis Webster describes drought as, “long continued dry weather: want of rain.” Obviously Mr. Webster never observed a Western states’ drought. Annual is a misused description of a drought. The one we are experiencing this year is a continuation of one that started in 2000. Precipitation and runoff in the basin are highly...

River Basins Part Two

By Jack Curtis The States of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, having resolved to enter into a compact under the Act of Congress of the United States of America approved it on August 19, 1921. The Acts of the Legislatures of the said States, have through their Governors, appointed Commissioners to sign the...