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New York Times: The spigots on the Glen Canyon Dam have been opened wide this winter, pouring water from Lake Powell, above, downstream 357 miles to Lake Mead.
Not quite five months ago, on Nov. 27, the level of Lake Mead, the massive federal reservoir that serves faucets and fields in Nevada, Arizona and California, hit an all-time low level of 1,081.85 feet above sea level. Seven feet lower, and the first water shortage ever would have been declared in the river`s lower basin.
An unusually wet winter, however,......
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A Reprieve for Western Water Users
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on April 14th, 2011
Posted in Water Conservation