● NEWS ● #USBR #Environment ☞ 5-Year Probabilistic Projections https://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/g4000/riverops/crss-5year-projections.html

Western states face first federal water cuts

https://apnews.com/article/business-health-environment-and-nature-climate-change-89ff76829e3a3c7ed514320e9a40df8f

#BureauOfReclamation #usbr to declare first-ever #water #shortage at the #Colorado #River, a water #source for 40 million people and millions of acres of #farmland. #Arizona to be hardest hit, losing 18% of its share from the river. #Nevada loses 7%, #Mexico 5%

#western #states #drought #environment #climatechange #lakemead #lakepowell #reservoirs #us #newmexico #nevada #colorado #utah #wyoming #california #farmers #nature