Amid Dire Colorado River Outlook, States Plan to Tap Their Lake Mead Savings Accounts
Circle of Blue
JUNE 2, 2021
Met needed the flexibility of extra Lake Mead storage for two reasons: a court decision limited California’s use of Colorado River starting in 2003 and its supply from reservoirs in northern California’s Sierra Nevada mountains is quite variable. There have been far more ICS deposits than withdrawals.
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