More extreme water cuts are all but certain in the Southwest starting next year — including new water cuts for California — according to the latest government forecast for the Colorado River and Lake Mead, the country's largest reservoir
Lake Mead, which provides water to roughly 25 million people in Arizona, Nevada, California and Mexico, is losing water at an alarming rate amid an extraordinary, multi-year drought made worse by the climate crisis. The West's megadroughtDrought-stricken Lake Mead recedes to reveal a World War II-era landing craftLake Powell's total possible capacity is shrinking
This state's two largest reservoirs are already at 'critically low levels' and the dry season is just starting The Colorado River irrigates farms, powers electric grids and provides drinking water for 40 million people. As its supply dwindles, a crisis looms Because of the reservoir's plummeting level, states that rely on water from the lower Colorado River were already subject to the cuts that accompany a Tier 1 shortage beginning in January 2022, which have mainly impacted agricultural water use.But this year did not bring much-needed precipitation to the river basin.
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