Farmers brace for the worst as America’s largest reservoir reaches record low water levels with only enough supply to last another year

Wednesday, August 13, 2014
By Paul Martin

California drought having ramifications beyond the state
Drought has depleted vast Lake Mead this week to levels not seen since Hoover Dam was completed in the 1930s
Experts say the water levels will be enough to supply water to places like Las Vegas, Phoenix and Los Angeles for only one more year
Meat and produce prices are on the rise as a result
Mandatory and voluntary conservation water programs being implemented in West
Tourism businesses also are taking a hit

DailyMail.com
12 August 2014

Once-teeming Lake Mead marinas are idle as a 14-year drought steadily drops water levels to historic lows.

Officials from nearby Las Vegas are pushing conservation, but are also drilling a new pipeline to keep drawing water from the lake.

Hundreds of miles away, farmers who receive water from the lake behind Hoover Dam are preparing for the worst.

The receding shoreline at one of the main reservoirs in the vast Colorado River water system is raising concerns about the future of a network serving a perennially parched region home to 40 million people and 4 million acres of farmland.

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