Showing posts with label Central Arizona Project. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Central Arizona Project. Show all posts
September 5, 2018

Feds hurting Lake Powell to prop up Lake Mead, scientists warn

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The water level on Lake Powell, shown in 2013, dropped by about 100 feet from its high mark. That distance is indicated by the white marks...
July 18, 2015

Shrinking Colorado River is a growing concern for Yuma farmers — and millions of water users

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By WILLIAM YARDLEY Los Angeles Times T he Colorado River begins as snowmelt in the Rocky Mountains and ends 1,450 miles south in Mexico ...
May 11, 2015

Colorado River and drought: Arizona's dam problem

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Glen Canyon Dam, Arizona. (Ariane Middel/Flickr) Jon Talton - Rogue Columnist Tucson Sentinel A photo hangs in my study showing my moth...
December 13, 2014

Arizona farmers take hit to stave off water crisis

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Rock Island’s “bathtub ring” illustrates how the water level at Lake Mead has dropped. It is at 1,085 feet, 10 above a level that would tr...
June 20, 2014

Water war bubbling up between California and Arizona

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Low water levels are plainly visible on Lake Mead, which is fed by the Colorado River. (Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times) Mic...
January 5, 2014

Colorado River Drought Forces a Painful Reckoning

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To help the Colorado, federal authorities this year will for the first time reduce the water flow into Lake Mead, the nation’s largest res...
November 19, 2012

US, Mexico To Sign Landmark Colorado River Agreement

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About 30 million people in seven western States and two Mexican states depend on Colorado River water. After years of negotiations the U.S. ...
October 4, 2012

Canal break slows Colorado River flow

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State Route 72 following a breach in a Central Arizona Project canal near Bouse Arizona, early Sunday morning. (Photo courtesy John Mickey...
February 13, 2008

Study: Lake Mead could dry up by 2021

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USA TODAY Recent drought's effects on Lake Mead can be seen by the white ring around the shore at Hoover Dam in 2006. Laura Rauch, AP fi...