Deadbeat Dams: Why We Should Abolish the Bureau of Reclamation and Tear Down Glen Canyon Dam Daniel P. Beard WaterSmart WaterSide Chat July 7, 2015
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Deadbeat Dams: Why We Should Abolish the Bureau of Reclamation and
Tear Down Glen Canyon Dam
Daniel P. Beard
WaterSmart WaterSide Chat July 7, 2015
Who is Dan Beard?
• Advocate for water policy reform for nearly 40 years
• Former Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation
• Committee Staff Director, House of Representatives
• Interior Department Deputy Assistant Secretary
Why Another Book on Western Water?
• Other books haven’t been candid with readers. They’ve pulled their punches. “Insider” accounts are rare.
• Deadbeat Dams is a memoir/expose of the politics of Western water from someone who was involved for many years.
“Deadbeat Dams” “Think of it as a compact…supplement to and update of…Cadillac Desert, one that focuses laser-like on the real politics of western water. Written in an accessible style, without jargon, it’s fun to read, at least when your blood is not boiling.” Professor John Leshy, UC Hastings School of Law
Narrow special interests have controlled Western water
The results of present-day water policies…
Bathtub rings encircle our reservoirs…
Our leaders act like ostriches with their heads stuck in the bottom of
empty reservoirs…
Stop catering to the “Water Nobility” who have a grip on Western water…
People who receive water from federal dams and their entourage of supporters…
Eliminate the Bureau of Reclamation
…eliminate subsidies for the delivery of water from federal dams…
…water subsidies lead to waste and excessive use…
Water decision making is permeated by politics and self interest…We practice an “I scratch your back you scratch mine”
form of politics…
Independent Commission should fund water projects
Base Realignment and Closure Commission (BRAC)
Obsolete and Out-of-Dates Dams Need to be Removed
Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River…
…our leaders let politics trump science…
Science and facts, or ignorance? The choice is ours…
…in the water world, we lack innovation…
Water conservation is the cheapest, fastest and most effective water to
address future water needs.
The climate change debate continues…
“Today, the global warming alarmists are the equivalent of the flat-Earthers.”
Senator Ted Cruz, Texas Tribune, March 24, 2015
Future climate conditions will change…
The dam building era is not over…
Large projects are being actively considered…
Bay Delta Conserva/on Plan, CA $25+ billion Temperance Flat Dam & Reservoir, CA $3 billion Site Reservoirs, CA $3 billion Flaming Gorge Pipeline Project, WY/CO $8.5 billion Lake Powell Pipeline Project, UT $2 billion Southern Nevada Water Authority Pipeline, NV $15+ billion Navajo-‐Gallup Pipeline Project, NM $.85 billion Northern Integrated Supply Project, CO $.75 billion Yampa River Pumpback Project, CO $3 billion Bear River Water Project, UT $2 billion
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