
Lake Powell officials take unprecedented, emergency steps to delay water releases as level plummets
CNN
The federal government announced Tuesday it is taking unprecedented, emergency steps to help boost water levels at Lake Powell.
The measures are intended to buy the surrounding communities more time to plan for the very real possibility the reservoir, the country's second-largest, will soon run out of water and the ability to produce hydropower amid the West's climate change-driven megadrought.

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