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June 30, 2022
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Years have drought have prompted the Bureau of Reclamation to declare a first-ever water shortage on the Colorado River, reducing water supplies for millions of people. | Upper Colorado River Commission

Feds Invoke First-ever Colorado River Water Restrictions

Aug 17, 2021
Elaine Goodman
Adaptation / Federal Policy / Arizona / California
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has for the first time declared a water shortage for Lake Mead in response to a historic Colorado River Basin drought.

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