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Severe drought threatens Hoover dam reservoir – and water for US west

Severe drought threatens Hoover dam reservoir – and water for US west

The wellspring of Lake Mead created by the dam's blocking of the Colorado River has plummeted to an historic low as states in the west face hefty cuts in their water supplies.

‘We live in a desert. We have to act like it’: Las Vegas faces reality of drought

‘We live in a desert. We have to act like it’: Las Vegas faces reality of drought

Water investigators track down wasteful homeowners and public turf torn up to conserve scarce water supplies.

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