Lake Mead plummets to unprecedented low, exposing original 1971 water intake valve
Water And Oceans,Drought,Environment,Sustainability,Nevada,Arizona,Climate Change
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The West is in the grips of a climate change-fueled megadrought, and Lake Mead -- the largest manmade reservoir in the country and a source of water for millions of people -- has fallen to an unprecedented low.
The lake's plummeting water level has exposed one of the reservoir's original water intake valves for the first time, officials say.
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