Lake Mead plummets to unprecedented low, exposing original 1971 water intake valve

Posted on AllSides April 28th, 2022
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SOUTHERN NEVADA WATER AUTHORITY

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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https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/27/us/water-intake-exposed-lake-mead-drought-climate/index.html

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