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Low levels on the Colorado River: What it means for you
The Colorado River is running low. Battered by 20 years of drought, flows have been consistently dropping in the river that 40 million people depend upon. The water level in Lake Mead is the ...
40 million Americans depend on two reservoirs that just hit record lows
More than 40 million people rely on the water reserves held by Lake Powell and Lake Mead, two of the US’s largest reservoirs that both sit along the Colorado River. But as the American West continues to endure staggering drought, water leve...
Will the Drought Contingency Plan be enough to save Lake Mead? Maybe - for now
Opinion: It's too soon to tinker with key parts of the Colorado River Compact. For now, our best bet may be to temporarily extend the Drought Contingency Plan....
We are just 5 feet away from the possibility of deeper water cuts to save Lake Mead
Opinion: States must agree on additional actions to prop up Lake Mead when the forecast hits 1,030 feet. We're already just 5 feet away from that mark....
Can the Southwest Survive With Less Water?
Sometime next month, for the first time, the federal government is likely to declare a water shortage at Lake Mead....