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Water Supplies in U S West & Mexico Projected to Fall
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Originally published on April 16, 2021 3:35 pm
The Colorado River’s biggest reservoirs are likely to drop to historically low levels later this year, prompting mandatory conservation by some of the river’s heaviest users.
The latest Bureau of Reclamation reservoir projections, which take into account river flows in a given year, show a likelihood that Lake Mead on the Arizona-Nevada stateline will dip below the critical threshold of 1,075 feet in elevation in May and remain below that level for the foreseeable future.
A first-ever official shortage declaration from the Department of the Interior is almost certain later this year. According to the terms of a 2007 agreement, a shortage is declared by the Interior Secretary after consulting with water users in the Lower Basin states of California, Arizona and Nevada. An August report is used to forecast when Lake Mead will be below 1,075 feet at the start of a calendar year.
West prepares for water shortage declaration
Lake water levels expected to drop; agency to declare shortage for first time By SAM METZ, Associated Press/Report for America
Published: April 19, 2021, 6:45pm
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CARSON CITY, Nev. The man-made lakes that store water supplying millions of people in the U.S. West and Mexico are projected to shrink to historic lows in the coming months, dropping to levels that could trigger the federal government’s first-ever official shortage declaration and prompt cuts in Arizona and Nevada.
Water Supplies in U.S. West & Mexico Projected to Fall
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation s 24-month study has projected that the lakes that store water used throughout the American West will fall to historically low levels and may even trigger an official shortage declaration for the first time.
The lakes that store water and supply millions of people in the U.S. West and Mexico are projected to shrink to historic lows in the coming months, according to The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s 24-month projections, reported ABC News.
According to the results, there is a very high likelihood of Tier 1 reductions in 2022 and 2023 and an increasing risk of Tier 2 conditions in the near future. This would require Arizona to reduce uses by a total of 512,000 acre-feet. Based on the projections, less Colorado River water will cascade down from the Rocky Mountains through Lake Powell and Lake Mead and into the deserts of the U.S. Southwest and the Gulf of California.
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