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Takeaways from today's report on Lake Mead and the Colorado River

CNN · By Elise Hammond, Angela Fritz, <a href="/profiles/rachel-ramirez">Rachel Ramirez</a> and <a href="/profiles/ella-nilsen">Ella Nilsen</a>, CNN · last updated

The federal government announced that the Colorado River will operate in a Tier 2 shortage condition for the first time starting in January as the West’s historic drought has taken a severe toll on Lake Mead.

What this means:

  • Arizona, Nevada and Mexico will have to further reduce their Colorado River use beginning in January. California will not yet have cuts made to the water it receives from the Colorado River. 
  • Of the impacted states, Arizona will face the largest cuts — 592,000 acre-feet — or about 21% of the state’s yearly allotment of river water.
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