Lake Mead’s bathtub ring rises above the water in Feb. 2018. The reservoir is currently projected to drop more than 15 feet in the next year.
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.
Western US prepares for possible 1st water shortage declaration
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