Author: Ken Ritter
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? According to a study, the next US president better act fast on the Colorado River
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The next U.S. president will have to act quickly to chart a course so the Colorado River can continue supplying water to millions of city-dwellers, farmers, Indian tribes and recreational users in the Southwest, according to a university research study made public Monday. A survey of policy- and decision-makers by the University of Colorado concluded…
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Feds see shortage in 2018 Lake Mead water to Arizona, Nevada
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Amid punishing drought, federal water managers projected Tuesday that – by a very narrow margin- the crucial Lake Mead reservoir on the Colorado River won’t have enough water to make full deliveries to Nevada and Arizona in 2018. A 24-month projection, issued on a day the largest reservoir on the closely controlled and monitored river was 36…
