‘It’ll buy us time’: Feds to pay millions to prop up dwindling Lake Mead
A Southern California water agency has struck a deal with federal officials to boost water levels in Lake Mead, part of a broader effort to keep the country’s largest reservoir from reaching critically low levels — at least for a while longer.
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'It'll buy us time': Feds to pay millions to prop up dwindling Lake Mead
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