The Lower Colorado River Basin states — Nevada, Arizona and California — remain in a Tier 1 water shortage and Lake Mead is expected to drop below 1,058 feet as August arrives this year.
The seven U.S. states that draw water from the Colorado River basin have submitted rival proposals to determine how to maintain water levels at Lake Mead and Lake Powell. The Upper Basin states of ...
As Lake Mead’s water level continues to fall amid ... “If Las Vegas hadn’t done that, the rest of us in the Colorado River basin would be in this terrible problem.” Recent cutbacks While ...
For the past few decades, water levels at Lake Mead have steadily declined as much ... manage the water crisis facing the Colorado River Basin. Since 1998, the lake has dropped over 170 feet.
The Biden administration claimed a victory on Friday, saying it had “successfully staved off a crisis in the Colorado River Basin in the short term and set it up for success in the years ...
This work is motivated by and could assist the upcoming renegotiation of the Colorado River Interim Guidelines for Lower Basin Shortages and Coordinated Operations for Lake Powell and Lake Mead.