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Dead Mead
Lake Mead could run out of water by 2021, says study |
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12 Feb 2008 |
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| Posted at 5:45 PM on 12 Feb 2008 There's a 50-50 chance that the Arizona- and Nevada-bordering, human-made Lake Mead will become Dry Ditch Mead by 2021, according to a study to be published in the journal Water Resources Research. Oh, and that's a conservative estimate, say the study authors, as is this one: By 2017, there's an equally good chance that water levels in the reservoir could drop so low that the Hoover Dam would be inca ... |
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| Topics: Arizona, California, climate, climate change impacts, Nevada, news, scientific research, water crisis (all these topics) |
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