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RESEARCHERS CALL FOR WATER USE CUTS
The Colorado River Research Group recently released the report “A Look at the Interim Guidelines at Their Midpoint: How Are We Doing?” The guidelines include an agreement on how to cut Colorado River water use in the lower basin when Lake Mead hits critical elevations. The report notes that the guidelines have bought time for avoiding crisis but calls for permanent reductions in water use.
The Colorado River supplies water to Lake Mead, the largest man-made reservoir in terms of capacity in the United States. New research from The University of Texas at Austin has found natural variability, not humans, have the most impact on water stored in the river and the sources that feed it. U.S. Geological Survey
Glen Canyon Dam June 2013 — Photo / Brad Udall