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Water Shortage Crisis, Hoover Dam is at Record-Low Water Level

Water Shortage Crisis, Hoover Dam is at Record-Low Water Level Lake Mead faces a water crisis. Lake Powell, also fed by the Colorado River, is even deeper into crisis level. MISH Severe Drought Could Threaten Power Supply in West for Years to Come The WSJ reports Severe Drought Could Threaten Power Supply in West for Years […]

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On the Water-Starved Colorado River, Drought Is the New Normal

CRISIS ON THE COLORADO: PART II On the Water-Starved Colorado River, Drought Is the New Normal With the Southwest locked in a 19-year drought and climate change making the region increasingly drier, water managers and users along the Colorado River are facing a troubling question: Are we in a new, more arid era when there […]

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The West’s Great River Hits Its Limits: Will the Colorado Run Dry?

The West’s Great River Hits Its Limits: Will the Colorado Run Dry? As the Southwest faces rapid growth and unrelenting drought, the Colorado River is in crisis, with too many demands on its diminishing flow. Now those who depend on the river must confront the hard reality that their supply of Colorado water may be […]

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Leaking Las Vegas: Lake Mead At Record Lows, “We Have To Change”

Leaking Las Vegas: Lake Mead At Record Lows, “We Have To Change” This is it, warns one water advocate, “it really does (make critical) the fact that we have to start changing.” Lake Mead water levels have sunk to their lowest levels on record (below the levels when the dam was built) at 1075 feet. This […]

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Why the Colorado River Basin Crisis is No Surprise

Why the Colorado River Basin Crisis is No Surprise They Were Warned 70 Years Ago and Still Haven’t Acted Perhaps you have heard how urgent it is for the upper basin states to take water from the Colorado River before those “Californians use it all up?” This us-versus-them attitude, as a justification to take more […]

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Water Crisis: Lake Mead, Largest US Reservoir, Faces Federal “Water Emergency,” Forced Rationing

Water Crisis: Lake Mead, Largest US Reservoir, Faces Federal “Water Emergency,” Forced Rationing Leak Mead – on your left, when you drive from Las Vegas across the Hoover Dam – is the largest reservoir in the country when at capacity. It’s fed by the Colorado River which provides water for agriculture, industry, and 40 million […]

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A Year Without the Colorado River, as Seen by Economists

A Year Without the Colorado River, as Seen by Economists Imagine if each tap that delivered water from the Colorado River – whether to a farm, a factory, or a home – suddenly went dry for a year. What would happen to the West’s economy? That’s pretty much the question a team of researchers at […]

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