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Colorado River Crisis Deepens | Dayton News
The Colorado River is in crisis as Lake Mead and Lake Powell hit record lows, with projections showing Mead dropping 33 feet by June 2028 and Powell at just 24% capacity. To protect power generation at Powell, federal authorities are diverting water upstream, starving downstream users like Arizona and Nevada. With current water-sharing rules expiring this year and new ones expected by August, scientists warn the “probable minimum” drought forecasts are proving eerily accurate — and the federal government is now stepping in to force new, binding rules after years of stalemate among the seven…
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