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Mac Slavo<\/a> – August 17, 2022<\/p>\n Low water levels in the Western states are causing a problematic crop yield. But they also impact our energy supply and push the power grid to the brink.<\/p>\n When temperatures rise and water levels drop, the energy sector gets squeezed hard. The consequences of water shortages are playing out now in swaths of the American West, where an expansive, decades-long drought is forcing drastic cuts in hydroelectric power generation<\/a>. At the same time, exceptional heat has pushed\u00a0energy demand to record highs<\/a>.<\/p>\n According to a report by Vox,<\/em><\/a>\u00a0the flow of water is critical to the flow of electrons and heat. About 40 percent of water withdrawals<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 water taken out of\u00a0groundwater or surface sources<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 in the United States go toward energy production. The large majority of that share is used to cool power plants. In turn, it requires energy to extract, purify, transport, and deliver water.<\/p>\n The United Nations Environment Programme warned this month that if drought conditions persist, the two largest hydroelectric reservoirs in the US \u2014 Lake Mead and Lake Powell \u2014could eventually reach \u201cdead pool status,<\/a>\u201d where water levels fall too low to flow downstream. Lake Mead fuels the Hoover Dam, which has a power capacity topping 2,000 megawatts while Lake Powell drives generators that peak at 1,300 megawatts at the Glen Canyon Dam.<\/p>\n This is all going to compound into a major problem that we are all going to be facing in the coming months, as the cold weather approaches.<\/p>\n \u201cWater supplies for agriculture, fisheries, ecosystems, industry, cities, and energy are no longer stable given anthropogenic climate change,\u201d Camille Calimlim Touton, commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation,\u00a0told Congress in June<\/a>.<\/p>\n Almost all crops are under a threat of a horrifically low yield. A lack of water and extreme heat is making farming incredibly difficult, if not impossible.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.shtfplan.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mac Slavo – August 17, 2022 Low water levels in the Western states are causing a problematic crop yield. But they also impact our energy supply and push the power grid to the brink. When temperatures rise and water levels drop, the energy sector gets squeezed hard. 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