Nevada leads as 40-year low is reached in Colorado River water use
Efforts to stretch the overused Colorado River appear to be working: The total amount of water used across Nevada, California and Arizona is the lowest it’s been in 40 years. That’s for myriad reasons, including a good snowpack year allowing for more use of groundwater, increased conservation efforts and millions of dollars in Inflation Reduction Act funding to incentivize farmers to use less water. … The downward trend is reflected in a recent Reclamation report, which takes into account water that’s recycled and returned to Lake Mead and other reservoirs. It shines some hope for a future adapted to the will of a shrinking river that delivers water to 40 million people and is battling water loss to climate change.
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