At a Glance Lake Mead is expected to be below the level that triggers restrictions on the amount of water that can be taken from it.
The cuts are triggered by water levels expected in Lake Mead, a giant reservoir on the river at the Arizona-Nevada border.
For Arizona, the cut is about 7% of its annual allotment from the Colorado River, according to the Colorado Sun.
The state is already using about 25% less than its annual allotment this year, Bronson Mack, a spokesman for the Southern Nevada Water Authority, told the Associated Press.
"Conservation has reduced our water use significantly enough that we can make these contributions to the drought contingency plan without impacting future water," Mack said.
Instead of relying on water level triggers for cuts, the Upper Basin states - New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming and Utah - agreed to a demand management plan that includes reimbursing water users for voluntarily contributing water to Lake Powell, the other major reservoir on the Colorado River.
"We can solve this climate problem. We just need to acknowledge it and get to work solving it," said Brad Udall, a water and climate scientist at Colorado State University and co-author of the study.
https://weather.com/news/news/2019-08-19-arizona-nevada-face-first-mandatory-water-cuts-from-colorado-river
The cuts are triggered by water levels expected in Lake Mead, a giant reservoir on the river at the Arizona-Nevada border.
For Arizona, the cut is about 7% of its annual allotment from the Colorado River, according to the Colorado Sun.
The state is already using about 25% less than its annual allotment this year, Bronson Mack, a spokesman for the Southern Nevada Water Authority, told the Associated Press.
"Conservation has reduced our water use significantly enough that we can make these contributions to the drought contingency plan without impacting future water," Mack said.
Instead of relying on water level triggers for cuts, the Upper Basin states - New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming and Utah - agreed to a demand management plan that includes reimbursing water users for voluntarily contributing water to Lake Powell, the other major reservoir on the Colorado River.
"We can solve this climate problem. We just need to acknowledge it and get to work solving it," said Brad Udall, a water and climate scientist at Colorado State University and co-author of the study.
https://weather.com/news/news/2019-08-19-arizona-nevada-face-first-mandatory-water-cuts-from-colorado-river
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