The Colorado River is drying up. Here’s how that affects Indigenous water rights
Lake Mead is considered full when its stores reach 1,220 feet above sea level or more, but the reservoir is projected to sink to 1,066 feet above sea level by the end of the year, revealing rock that has been submerged since it began filling in the 1930s. With every foot that Lake Mead falls, the basin comes closer to triggering substantial cutbacks for certain water users along the river. … [I]f lake levels continue to decline, future cutbacks could impact the 30 Native American tribes with lands in the basin.
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