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For the first time a Lake Mead intake pipe installed by the federal government more than 50 years ago became visible above water in April.

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation projects that in 2024 the water level in Lake Powell could drop below the intakes that serve the City of Page and the LeChee Chapter of the Navajo Nation. The federal agency has announced short term measures to prop up the reservoir, which is threatened by drought and climate change. But the City of Page is thinking ahead to longer-term solutions. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny spoke with Bryan Hill of Page Utility Enterprise, the city’s power and water utility.

For the first time, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is reducing water deliveries to the Colorado River Lower Basin states by nearly a half-million acre-feet.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has announced what its water managers call “urgent, extraordinary actions” to prop up Lake Powell’s plummeting elevation. KNAU’s Melissa Sevigny reports.

Another historic first is playing out in the Colorado River Basin as the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announces that for the first time, it is changing operations at Lake Powell’s Glen Canyon Dam. The bureau is invoking its authority to change annual operations at Glen Canyon Dam to protect hydropower generation.

ABC57 News in South Bend, Ind. covers all of Michiana including St. Joseph, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte and Marshall counties in Indiana and Berrien, Cass, Van Buren and St. Joseph counties in Mich.

ABC57 News in South Bend, Ind. covers all of Michiana including St. Joseph, Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaPorte and Marshall counties in Indiana and Berrien, Cass, Van Buren and St. Joseph counties in Mich.

"We have never taken this step before, but the potential risk on the horizon demands prompt action," Assistant Secretary of Water and Science, Tanya Trujillo told reporters. "We need to

Arizona, California, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming face a crisis as less water flows into the Colorado River and its dams.