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Lakes Mead and Powell could drop to lowest ever; Colorado River drought plan triggered The Colorado River Basin continues to be sapped dry by increasing temperatures and diminished precipitation. (Source: Luke Runyon/KUNC via Cronkite News) By Luke Runyon | January 25, 2021 at 1:28 PM MST - Updated January 25 at 1:35 PM Increasingly bleak forecasts for the Colorado River have for the first time put into action elements of the 2019 Upper Basin drought contingency plan. The 24-month study released in January by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, which projects two years of operations at the ...

A forecast predicts one of the Colorado River’s biggest reservoirs will dip below a critical threshold within the next two years.

A recent federal forecast showed one of the river’s biggest reservoirs -- Lake Powell in Utah -- dropping below a critical threshold.