The main stream of the Colorado River begins at the Lapudel Pass in Colorado. The main tributaries come from Wyoming, Nevada, New Mexico and other places. A small part of them originate from Sonora, Mexico. Most of the entire river galaxy is located in the United States;

The river flows from its source and crosses the Colorado Plateau southwest, passes through Utah, Arizona, and the Grand Canyon, injects into Lake Mead and then flows southward to Mexico, and finally passes through the dry climate Colorado River Delta, and injects into the ocean from the top of the Bay of California.

Some sections of the middle and lower reaches are currently bounded by multiple administrative regions, including Arizona, Nevada, Arizona, California, Arizona, Baja California, the U.S.-Mexico border, Baja California, and Sonora state boundaries.

Since most of the flow of the Colorado River comes from the replenishment of melt water in the mountains, dams are built at high altitudes near their source, so that a large part of the water can be intercepted and generated electricity.

The downstream dams rely heavily on the upstream dam to release water. If Utah decides to increase the storage capacity of the Glen Canyon Dam, it will have a chain reaction. The cascade reservoirs in the downstream Nevada in Hoover Dam and Arizona in the Sheila River system will intercept a certain storage capacity accordingly.

In the long run, the Imperial Dam reservoir will gradually dry up in the Parker Dam, which is located in the lowest level, and Southern California will inevitably have no water to drink.

So in order to solve these problems, from the late 19th century to the 1940s, western states signed a large number of "water rights treaties", specifying in detail which state, which city, which county, or even which farmer could get how much water from the canal.

From then on, the Colorado River Basin has been able to eat every drop of water without leaving a drop for the sea. With a river with an annual runoff of only the level of the Jialing River, it supports the swimming pool in the backyard of the large house with a lawn in front of the door, a water park in the distance, and a golf course.

It has lasted for decades and can be regarded as a miracle for unprecedented people in water conservancy engineering.

Looking at the direction of the Colorado River on the map, Nan Yi frowned. The population in the Colorado River basin has increased several times compared to when the launch rights were initially determined, and the population distribution has also changed significantly. The most prominent ones are the two super metropolitan areas of Phoenix and Los Angeles.

However, the water resource allocation treaty remains the same. Most of the initial terms signed first guarantee the downstream water use. Now, it has formed a situation that is actually very favorable to California. No matter how much water is in the upper reaches, all dams from Colorado and Wyoming have the obligation to flow into the Parker Dam and the Imperial Dam diversion channel in Southern California.

If this situation continues, the Los Angeles metropolitan area and the Inland Empire (Riverside City, San Bernardino County) will consume at least most of the Colorado River water, leaving very little to Arizona, even less to Nevada. As for Baja California, they can only wait to eat sand.

The administrative power of the United States is very strong. Once the states start to quarrel about revising the previous "Water Resources Rights Treaty", the federal government will be very sensible and invisible. After all, in theory, this kind of thing is not under the jurisdiction of Washington.

Looking at the American city on the map that uses the Colorado River water resources, Nanyi's head began to grow bigger. The United States has no central coordination and the local government takes the overall situation into consideration. It is not realistic to make any state sacrifice to other states.

What's more, the states involved are divided into traditional spheres of influence of two parties. It's simply a dream to let the donkey party give water to the elephant party. The other way around, they go home and take a shower and go to bed.

Since California's north-to-south water transfer, Nanyi does not remember any large-scale water conservancy projects in the United States, nor does it know whether the treaty has been re-signed, nor does it know whether the future water use in Mexicali has reached a very nervous level.

"We must figure out the water use of the Colorado River and survey the groundwater resources in the Mexicali Valley, otherwise the buyer will not be the land, but it may be a time bomb."

Touching his chin, Nan Yi was considering how to change his itinerary. He originally expected to take a few days to completely walk the entire Mexicali Valley, but now it seems that it is necessary to postpone it. If you don’t understand the water problem, no matter how much you do, it will be futile.

Requesting Edise Gonzalez, who was hiding in the cracks on the mountain wall to enjoy the cool air, Nan Yi and his party went to Longlou Restaurant again. The time was just past the peak of dining, and there were not many people in the store, so there was a seat without queuing up.

As soon as Nan Yi sat down, he found a gentle and gentle man walking towards him. The man stopped one meter away from Nan Yi, and took the business card he had already held in his hand and handed it in front of Nan Yi, "Hello, I am Ye Zhenli of Xinmin Pharmaceutical. If you need medicine, you can contact me."

"Hello, hello." Nan Yi stood up and took the business card with both hands, looked at it formulaically, and then put it away, "Mr. Ye, you were wasting a business card. I don't make medicine."

Ye Zhenli was not disappointed when he heard Nan Yi saying that he was not a drug product, but he was a little annoyed when he heard Nan Yi's Beijing films. He wanted to meet powerful people from Mexico, not tourists from China.

However, he still maintained a formulaic smile and said modestly and calmly: "It doesn't matter. I see that the gentleman is doing big business and may enter the pharmaceutical industry in the future. You can still find me if you need it."

"Okay, OK, my surname is Bu, Bu Fandu. If I really make medicine in the future, I will definitely contact Mr. Ye. Sorry, I don't have a business card."

"It's okay, don't disturb Mr. Bu's meal." Ye Zhenli said, nodded slightly, and turned around and walked towards his seat.

Nan Yi waited for Ye Zhenli to look at him, so he swept to other tables and found another person sitting on the table with business cards casually placed. He instantly realized that Ye Zhenli was casting a wide net, not heading straight for him.
Chapter completed!