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As the Colorado River slowly dries up, states angle for influence over future water rights

The Colorado River is in trouble: Not as much water flows into the river as people are entitled to take out of it. A new idea might change that, but complicated political and practical negotiations stand in the way.

The Conversation

Groundwater in the Colorado River basin won't run out — but eventually we won’t be able to get at it, scientists warn

The Colorado River basin has lost a Lake Mead’s worth of water in the last 20 years — and scientists say we’re passing a "critical point" where pumping groundwater will become too expensive.

LiveScience

Colorado River basin has lost nearly the equivalent of an underground Lake Mead

Reservoir lost 27.8m acre-feet of groundwater in 20 years, study finds, vanishing ‘twice as fast as surface water’

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Scientists discover enormous reservoir hidden in Cascades — more than twice the amount of water in Lake Mead

An enormous water reservoir — likely the largest aquifer of its kind in on Earth — sits inside the volcanic rocks of the Oregon Cascades, scientists have revealed.

LiveScience

‘Illegal roads’ in a Nevada national park will cost $8.5m to fix, officials say

The roads associated with unlicensed campers and environmental damage, according to park officials

The Independent UK

The futuristic tech that lets F1's Las Vegas GP generate its own water

Water is a sparse resource in the Vegas desert, so F1 is deploying an innovative technology that pulls water from the air

Motorsport

A video shows two men toppling rock formations at Lake Mead trail

The National Park Service is seeking the public's help in identifying the two men, caught on video pushing rocks off a cliff near the Redstone Dunes Trail earlier this month.

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Ancient Rock Formations Destroyed At Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Visitors destroying ancient rock formations at Lake Mead National Recreation Area prompt a search for suspects. Park rangers seek public cooperation to pro...

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Do you recognize these men spotted pulling down boulders on a popular Lake Mead hiking trail?

A video of the incident has been sent to the NPS for investigation

Advnture

Last year's most popular (and most dangerous) US National Parks revealed

Visits to NPS-maintained sites were almost back to pre-pandemic levels last year

Advnture

Colorado River has lost 10tn gallons of water since 2000 due to climate crisis

Volume of water lost equal to Lake Mead, US’s largest reservoir, or enough water to fill around 15bn Olympic-sized pools, study finds

The Guardian - US

‘A portion of paradise’: how the drought is bringing a lost US canyon back to life

Record dryness has restored an ecosystem under Lake Powell, the country’s second-largest reservoir

The Guardian - US

Over half of the world's largest lakes and reservoirs are losing water

The amount lost in the last 30 years is equivalent to 17 Lake Meads — the largest reservoir in the U.S.

LiveScience

Explainer: What does the latest Colorado River proposal mean for California, Arizona, Nevada?

Facing the future with a dwindling Colorado River supply and intense pressure from the federal government, Arizona, California and Nevada have offered a plan to cut their water use significantly

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Breakthrough Colorado River deal reached, bringing big water cuts for three years

LOS ANGELES — The seven states that depend on the Colorado River announced Monday that they have reached an agreement on cutting water use from the river over the next three years to prevent reservoirs from falling to critically low levels.

The Guardian - US

Remains found in Lake Mead identified as Las Vegas man missing for 25 years

Officials named remains as those of Claude Russell Pensinger, who disappeared on fishing trip in 1998

WEKU

A fisherman went missing in 1998. Now his remains at Lake Mead have been identified

Las Vegas resident Claude Russell Pensinger disappeared while fishing in the reservoir. His skeletal remains were one of several sets discovered last year as water levels dropped in a drought.

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‘We Can’t Be Living in an Economy of 40 Million People This Close to the Edge.’

Lake Mead, a key water source for California and six other states, is close to drying up. Water policy expert Felicia Marcus says dramatic action is needed on conservation, recycling and efficiency.

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The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: What might Colorado River cuts mean for states?

The Biden administration floated two ideas this week for how Western states and Native American tribes could reduce their water use from the dwindling Colorado River

Los Angeles Times

US presents proposals for major water cuts on Colorado River

LOS ANGELES — The federal government on Tuesday laid out two options for preventing the Colorado River’s depleted reservoirs from falling to critically low levels, saying it could either impose cuts across the Southwest by following the water-rights priority system or by using an across-the-board percentage.

Los Angeles Times

Drought-ravaged Colorado River gets relief from snow. But long-term water crisis remains

LOS ANGELES — Four months ago, the outlook for the Colorado River was so dire that federal projections showed imminent risks of reservoirs dropping to dangerously low levels.

The Independent UK

Tribe, US officials reach deal to save Colorado River water

A Native American tribe in Arizona has reached a deal with the U.S. government not to use some of its Colorado River water rights in return for $150 million and funding for a pipeline project

The Independent UK

Human remains found in Lake Mead identified as man who drowned almost 50 years ago

Discovery is at least sixth find of human remains in recreational areas of reservoir in last year

The Guardian - US

Human remains revealed by shrinking Lake Mead identified half a century on

Coroners in Las Vegas say DNA analysis shows bone belonged to Donald Smith, 39, who drowned in 1974

Tribune News Service

7 facts to know about Lake Mead

LAS VEGAS — Among the sunken ships and undiscovered bodies at Lake Mead lies a boatload of rich history at one of the West's most popular outdoor attractions. Lake Mead National Recreation Area is America’s first and largest recreation area, offering swimming, boating, hiking, cycling, camping and fishing.

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