Amid Dire Colorado River Outlook, States Plan to Tap Their Lake Mead Savings Accounts
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JUNE 2, 2021
A complex and arcane water banking program in the lower Colorado River basin, adopted in 2007 and later amended, was designed to incentivize water conservation, prevent waste, and boost storage in a waning Lake Mead. The first of these shortage tiers — at 1,075 feet above sea level — is expected to be breached next year.
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