{"id":1333,"date":"2009-01-18T08:00:21","date_gmt":"2009-01-18T16:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/simonburrow.com\/\/?p=1333"},"modified":"2009-01-18T08:00:21","modified_gmt":"2009-01-18T16:00:21","slug":"water-4-saving-the-colorado-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=1333","title":{"rendered":"Water 4: Saving the Colorado River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the Grand Canyon the Humpback Chub is endangered.\u00a0 It is a fish that needs silty water to survive.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Small\" title=\"IMGP0139_2.JPG\" href=\"http:\/\/simonburrow.com\/\/photos\/photo\/3198722453\/imgp0139_2jpg.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3534\/3198722453_e0c99e27c9_m.jpg?resize=240%2C167\" alt=\"IMGP0139_2.JPG\" width=\"240\" height=\"167\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The rare and endangered Humpback Chub<\/em><\/p>\n<p>At the same time the Glen Canyon Dam upstream is getting filled up with silt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Small\" title=\"IMGP0072.JPG\" href=\"http:\/\/simonburrow.com\/\/photos\/photo\/3198722419\/imgp0072jpg.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3107\/3198722419_26cfa9d514_m.jpg?resize=240%2C179\" alt=\"IMGP0072.JPG\" width=\"240\" height=\"179\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Navaho Bridge near Glenn Canyon Dam<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Why not use giant hydraulic pumps to pull the silt out of the bottom of Lake Powell and let it flow down the Colorado river through the Grand Canyon. This would help to restore the canyons riverine environment and save the Humpback Chub.\u00a0 At the same time it would help to keep Lake Powell a water source and a flood prevention mechanism.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"tt-flickr tt-flickr-Small\" title=\"IMGP0099.JPG\" href=\"http:\/\/simonburrow.com\/\/photos\/photo\/3199567956\/imgp0099jpg.html\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3415\/3199567956_d8c95e08ee_m.jpg?resize=240%2C179\" alt=\"IMGP0099.JPG\" width=\"240\" height=\"179\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>The Grand Canyon is worth saving<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is the sort of idea that President Obama is looking for.\u00a0 It is green, creates employment and will have a lasting positive effect on the infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Next more giant water projects.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the Grand Canyon the Humpback Chub is endangered.\u00a0 It is a fish that needs silty water to survive. The rare and endangered Humpback Chub At the same time the Glen Canyon Dam upstream is getting filled up with silt. Navaho Bridge near Glenn Canyon Dam Why not use giant hydraulic pumps to pull the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-success"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p99jGb-lv","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1333"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1367,"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1333\/revisions\/1367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}