In response to the megadrought crisis the Biden Administration has imposed new mandatory cuts — but they fall far short of what's needed. ColoradoRiver LakeMead HooverDam drought BidenAdministration
Hoover Dam holds back the waters of Lake Mead, the largest U.S. reservoir, as seen on June 28, 2022. At full capacity, the water reached almost to the top of the dam. Since then, it has dropped nearly 180 feet. To get a sense of scale, consider that this is more than 80 percent of the distance between the road bed of the Golden Gate Bridge and the water below.
The reductions to be borne by Arizona and Nevada amount to 617,000 acre-feet of water. That is quite significant, and it follows on from major cuts made to Arizona's water deliveries during the current year. Even so, that number doesn't come close to what Commissioner Touton had asked for back in June: basin-wide cuts of 2 million to 4 million acre-feet of water.
In its announcement today, the Bureau of Reclamation touted recently passed legislation that it said will help the situation. This includes the recent Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which provides $8.3 billion to address a number of issues nationwide, including water and drought challenges, plus $4 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act — signed into law today by President Biden.
John Entsminger, general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, and the state's lead Colorado River negotiator, was much more blunt. Here are some of the things he said in“Despite the obvious urgency of the situation, the last sixty-two days produced exactly nothing in terms of meaningful collective action to help forestall the looming crisis . . .
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