Showing posts with label Hoover Dam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hoover Dam. Show all posts
December 16, 2016

Delayed Colorado River deal will likely fall to Trump administration to finish

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The Colorado River flows near Arches National Park in Utah in February 2016. (Photo: Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun) Ian James The Desert Su...
August 5, 2015

Ghost Town Emerges As Drought Makes Nevada's Lake Mead Disappear

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Many of the buildings used to lie 60 feet below the lake surface A sign showing the trail to the ghost town of St. Thomas in the Lake Mead N...
July 5, 2015

Las Vegas completing last straw to draw Lake Mead water

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A worker stands near the end of a tunnel still under construction beneath Lake Mead near Boulder City, Nev. When operational, the three-mi...
February 27, 2015

As the River Runs Dry: The Southwest's water crisis

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ARIZONA AND THE SOUTHWEST SEEK A BALANCE OF GROWTH AND WATER CONSERVATION AS SUPPLY CONTINUES TO DECLINE Evening and water levels fall at...
December 5, 2014

Water Woes Among Topics For 8 Governors In Vegas

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A view of the Colorado River from a scenic overlook at Glen Canyon on Nov. 22, 2004, in Page, Ariz. (Photo by Jeff Topping/Getty Images) K...
August 13, 2014

More Water Headed To Struggling Lake Mead

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In this July 16, 2014 photo, what was once the Echo Bay Marina sits high and dry next to Lake Mead in the Lake Mead National Recreation Ar...
August 1, 2014

Colorado River Concerns Mount as Lake Mead’s Surface Continues to Fall

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The white ring \"around the tub\" shows how much elevation the surface of the lake has lost. (Rose Davis / Bureau of Reclamation) ...
June 28, 2014

The race to stop Las Vegas from running dry

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Amid a brutal drought the reservoir that supplies 90 per cent of Las Vegas’s water is fast disappearing and desperate attempts to save Sin C...
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...
August 16, 2013

Drought-Induced Curb on Lake Powell Water Is First-Ever

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Lake Mead will operate under normal conditions in 2014, said the bureau, which constructed the Hoover Dam and brings water to about 31 mil...
July 30, 2013

The Drying of the West

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Dams and other engineering helped provide water throughout the arid region for decades. It's no longer enough. More frequent and intens...