john fleck
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It rained in Albuquerque Wednesday night
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Albuquerque got rain Wednesday night. The National Weather Service recorded 0.03 inches. That’s welcome news to a community that hasn’t had rain in 96 days. It isn’t a record; The Albuquerque Journal said it’s the fifth-longest. But it’s a harbinger of a very dry water year, according to John Fleck, a professor at the…
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Lakes Powell and Mead have a little to cheer about to start 2018
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There’s a little good news at the beginning of 2018 regarding water usage along the Colorado River. Lakes Powell and Mead both ended 2017 at higher levels than at the end of 2016. Water.data.com reported Jan. 1 that Lake Powell, at 490 feet, is at the highest it’s been since 2012, and about 22 feet…
