The federal government on Monday declared a water shortage on the Colorado River for the first time, triggering mandatory water consumption cuts for states in the Southwest, as climate change-fueled drought pushes the level in Lake Mead to unprecedented lows.
This picture below shows the Hoover Dam on June 9 2021 where you can seethe difference between the height of the water today then how it was 20 years ago.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/16/us/lake-mead-colorado-river-water-shortage/index.html
The last time these dams had flowing water through them was in 1983!
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Here is a comparison photo.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hoover-dams-lake-mead-hits-lowest-water-level-1930s-180978022/
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