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Lake Mead drought, Lake Powell too

The ongoing drought is severely affecting water levels at Lake Powell in Utah, which in turn impacts the amount of water in Lake Mead in Arizona and Nevada. All of this is further complicated by convoluted water sharing agreements between…

Lake Mead may go dry by 2021

Reasons: Increased demand for water and climate change. If it does go dry, then Hoover Dam stops producing power and L.A. and Vegas will have severe water shortages. “We were stunned at the magnitude of the problem and how fast…