Deadpool: US mega drought spells trouble at Hoover Dam
Millions of gallons of Colorado River water hurtle through the Hoover Dam every day, generating electricity for hundreds of thousands of homes.
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Millions of gallons of Colorado River water hurtle through the Hoover Dam every day, generating electricity for hundreds of thousands of homes.
But the mega drought affecting the western United States is sending reservoir levels plummeting towards deadpool - the point at which the dam can no longer
Every day, millions of gallons of water from the Colorado River flow through the Hoover Dam, generating electricity for hundreds of thousands of homes.
Millions of liters of Colorado River water hurtle through the Hoover Dam every day, generating electricity for hundreds of thousands of homes, but the mega drought affecting the western US is sending reservoir levels plummeting toward deadpool — the point at which the dam can no longer produce power. “We are [in a] 23rd year of drought here in the Colorado River Basin and Lake Mead has dropped down to 28 percent,” said Patti Aaron of the US Bureau of Reclamation, which operates the dam. She was referring to the vast lake created by the building of the dam. “There isn’t as much
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