Drought has left Lake Mead and Lake Powell with record low water levels
- 2 years ago
Facing critically low water levels at the two largest man-made water reservoirs - Lake Powell and Lake Mead - as well as an extreme drought in the West- federal water managers (US Bureau of Reclamation) recently announced and decreed that Nevada, Arizona and Mexico will have less water to use in 2023.
Colorado River users, working under a federally imposed deadline set in June to negotiate unprecedented water reductions, failed to agree on new, additional cuts needed to preserve the stability of the region’s water system.
Washington says those cuts are necessary to protect water levels at the largest Colorado River reservoirs — Lake Mead and Lake Powell, both of which have hit record-low levels in the past year and have continued to drop.
If those reservoirs continue to drop, it could severely hamper the production of hydroelectric power and deliveries of water to residents and farmers in the entire Southwest and northern Mexico.
#Colorado #ClimateChange #lakemead
Colorado River users, working under a federally imposed deadline set in June to negotiate unprecedented water reductions, failed to agree on new, additional cuts needed to preserve the stability of the region’s water system.
Washington says those cuts are necessary to protect water levels at the largest Colorado River reservoirs — Lake Mead and Lake Powell, both of which have hit record-low levels in the past year and have continued to drop.
If those reservoirs continue to drop, it could severely hamper the production of hydroelectric power and deliveries of water to residents and farmers in the entire Southwest and northern Mexico.
#Colorado #ClimateChange #lakemead