Need for RBM

• Industry

  • Farming need to irrigate their crops for food supply
  • Tourism
  • Lake mead for water sports
  • Las vagas as increased population, more hotels and more swimming pools
• Population

  • There is an increase in population in the lower states
  • Need more food for an increasing population
  • More people means more hydroelectric power needed for electricity for homes and businesses
• Climate

  • in the lower basin rainfall is low and unpredictable
  • there is a divide in climate between the north and south
  • with higher temperatures, water is lost through evaporation
  • in the upper basin there is high precipitation and spring snow malt