Drastic water cuts expected as ‘megadrought’ grips western US states

The crisis has dropped levels in Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the US, to an 80-year low of barely one-quarter its 28.9m acre-feet capacity. Photograph: Chase Stevens/AP

The crisis has dropped levels in Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the US, to an 80-year low of barely one-quarter its 28.9m acre-feet capacity. Photograph: Chase Stevens/AP

source https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/16/drastic-water-cuts-expected-as-megadrought-grips-western-us-states