Climate change continues to impact Lake Mead and the Colorado River
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.
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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.
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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.