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Policy, politics and progressive commentary Nevada’s senators joined federal lawmakers from six other western states Monday to demand additional funding to address the region’s long-term drought, worsened by climate change. The Colorado River remains in an unfolding and worsening crisis. Water demand on the river far exceeds supply, meaning less water is available to refill the river’s large reservoirs, Lake […] The post Nevada joins six western states demanding more water investments appeared f ....
As Colorado River Basin stakeholders scramble to formulate a long-term water conservation plan, the Centennial State’s main negotiator urged those at the table to be adaptable to change in an increasingly arid West. “Some may like to continue the status quo or some version of it,” Becky Mitchell, Colorado’s Upper Colorado River commissioner, said at… ....
Updated projections released on Thursday show Lake Mead rising another foot by the end of February and then crashing in April, eventually dropping 20 feet by November. ....
Lake Mead is the highest it's been since May 4, 2021, climbing Wednesday to 1,075 feet the threshold for a water shortage, according to the federal government. ....