One California water manager says Colorado River reservoirs aren't likely to refill. Scientists agree that the region needs to plan for a drier future.
over the last 23 years — the most severe in centuries — has worsened the water deficit and left Lake Mead about 70% empty.and is approaching a point where Glen Canyon Dam would no longer generate power.
Demand for Colorado River water picked up in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The Central Arizona Project, a 336-mile-long water delivery system, brings water from the Colorado River to Arizona’s most populous counties and wasn’t completed until the 1990s. The Southern Nevada Water Authority was created in 1991.
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