Study: Drought will cut flow from Lake Powell
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/08/17/study-colorado-river-drought-will-cut-flow-from-lake-powell/2667677/
A federal Bureau of Reclamation official says the drought along the Colorado River is the worst in a century.
Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY 4:03 p.m. EDT August 17, 2013
...The bureau said releases from Lake Powell in the coming year will be cut from 8.23 million acre-feet to 7.48 million acre-feet — the lowest since the lake was first filled in the 1960s. An acre-foot is roughly 325,000 gallons, or enough to supply two households for one year.
Water from Lake Powell flows through the Grand Canyon to Lake Mead, where levels are expected to drop eight feet next year, causing reduced deliveries to farms and water banks...
...“This is the worst 14-year drought period in the last 100 years,” said Larry Walkoviak, the Bureau’s Upper Colorado Region director.
Based on the projections, CAP officials said shortages could trigger a 20 percent decrease in Arizona deliveries to agriculture.
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