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Colorado River Water Managers Consider Plans for Extended Drought

2014-04-16 19:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: The severe risks of an extended drought in the Colorado River Basin--a shutdown of hydropower generation, functionally empty lakes and restrictions on water use--are forcing the basins seven states to consider unprecedented changes in how they manage a scarce resource. Still in the earliest stages of negotiation, two remedies have emerged, both of which seek to fortify Lake Powell, the nations second largest reservoir, and preserve its capacity to generate electricity and supply water to the...

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