Biden Admin Proposes Reducing Water Supply From Colorado River Basin Amid Drought

Biden Admin Proposes Reducing Water Supply From Colorado River Basin Amid Drought
A dry cracked lake bed in drought-stricken Lake Mead in Boulder City, Nev., on Sept. 15, 2022. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images
Caden Pearson
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The Biden administration has proposed a federal mandate to reduce the supply of water to 40 million Americans who live in western states dependent on the Colorado River Basin to address long-term severe drought and low run-off conditions.

draft report by the Department of the Interior’s (DOI’s) Bureau of Reclamation proposes to revise the current guidelines for the near-term operation of the Glen Canyon and Hoover dams.
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