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Lake Mead hits historic low water level as Colorado River struggles
The record follows a winter that produced the worst snowpack on record in the Colorado River Basin.
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Colorado River has recent source-backed changes around Running Dry: The fight for the West's dwindling water supply | 60 Minutes Archive and Lake Mead hits historic low water level as Colorado River struggles.
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Running Dry: The fight for the West's dwindling water supply | 60 Minutes Archive
The nation's largest reservoir, Lake Mead, has fallen to a record low. In 2021, Bill Whitaker visited the Colorado River and reported on how millions of people depend on the water to drink, power their homes, and irrigate their farms.
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Arizona, California and Nevada would share cuts under federal proposal for Colorado River
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation proposal spares four other states from facing mandatory cuts for now.
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Western states face more water cutbacks as Colorado River shrinks
After years of battles over its use — and a long-running drought — states that rely on the Colorado River are facing the prospect of further cutbacks. Years of gridlock among the states prompted the federal government to step in. A new blueprint lays out new requirements for managing the shrinking river. Science corres.
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