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Lake Powell and Lake Mead are less than a third full.
Anne Castle, one of the report's authors, says if they get much lower, water managers might have to send river water straight through to the other side of their dams and wouldn't be able to store for the future.
Castle called on state negotiators to urgently come up with a plan to keep more water in those reservoirs by cutting back on water use instead of just adding water from other reservoirs upstream.
For NPR News, I'm Alex Hager in Phoenix.
Lake Powell and Lake Mead are less than a third full.
Anne Castle, one of the report's authors, says if they get much lower, water managers might have to send river water straight through to the other side of their dams and wouldn't be able to store for the future.
Castle called on state negotiators to urgently come up with a plan to keep more water in those reservoirs by cutting back on water use instead of just adding water from other reservoirs upstream.
For NPR News, I'm Alex Hager in Phoenix.
Lake Powell and Lake Mead are less than a third full.
Anne Castle, one of the report's authors, says if they get much lower, water managers might have to send river water straight through to the other side of their dams and wouldn't be able to store for the future.
Castle called on state negotiators to urgently come up with a plan to keep more water in those reservoirs by cutting back on water use instead of just adding water from other reservoirs upstream.
For NPR News, I'm Alex Hager in Phoenix.
When rain starts falling, things can get dangerous fast, sending mud and debris rushing downhill.
That'll be a big risk when summer monsoons arrive on the burn scar, which spans across more than 145,000 acres.
Joelle Baird is a spokeswoman for the national park.
Because of that, park officials have a warning system in place.
They'll study forecasts and water sensors to issue evacuations and get people out of harm's way.
For NPR News, I'm Alex Hager in Phoenix.
Those states would leave water in the Colorado River as part of an effort to prop up dangerously low reservoirs.
Arizona would still have to take cuts, but they would not be as deep as suggested in a previous plan.