Bureau of Reclamation

A new report from the Bureau of Reclamation shows water levels in Lake Powell and Lake Mead, the Colorado River’s two largest reservoirs, remain low. It predicts those conditions could continue or worsen over the next two years. CU Boulder’s Chris Winter says this should spur the seven states in the basin to come to an agreement on new operating guidelines for the future.

All signs are pointing to a dry start to 2021 across much of the Colorado River watershed, which provides water to about 40 million people in the Western U.S.

The Colorado River and its future imbalances were the focus of a Senate hearing in Washington D.C. Tuesday. The river supplies water for cities and farms…