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Reclamation announces 2022 operating conditions for Lake Powell and Lake Mead
The Bureau of Reclamation today released the Colorado River Basin August 2021 24-Month Study. This month’s study projections are used to set annual operations for Lake Powell and Lake Mead in 2022. Releases from these massive reservoirs are...
Yes, we're facing a water shortage on the Colorado River. No, it's not yet a crisis
Opinion: A Tier 1 water shortage on Lake Mead might sound scary, but it's not the problem we should be worrying about....
Water cutbacks coming to Arizona
The "bathtub ring" at Lake Mead has become a familiar sight. The water level in the lake is the lowest it has been since the Hoover Dam, which created the lake, was built in the 1930s. Those low levels have been decades in the making....
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...