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BOULDER CITY, NEV. - MAY 16, 2022. The Hoover Dam stands in front of Lake Mead, where white surfaces on the lake's rocky edges show how low water levels have dropped due to persistent and worsening drought conditions for more than a decade. With a current level of about 1,055 feet, Lake Mead is at its lowest point in history even as its continues to supply water to more than 20 people in the lower basin of the Colorado River. With little snowmelt and rain flowing into the lake, the historic dam's hydroelectric generating machinery could become obsolete. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Biden administration outlines options for addressing Colorado River water shortages

Federal officials release a proposal outlining options for new, long-term rules for managing chronic water shortages from the overtapped Colorado River.

FILE - Tunnel workers push equipment up a rail track to a machine boring a 2.5-mile bypass tunnel for the Delaware Aqueduct in Marlboro, N.Y., May 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson, File)

NYC issues first drought warning in 22 years, pauses aqueduct repairs to bring in more water

Lone Pine, CA - June 06: The Los Angeles Aqueduct flows south to the city through the Owens Valley on Tuesday, June 6, 2023 in Lone Pine, CA. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times)

A century after Owens Valley aqueduct protest, event marks tense time in L.A. water history

San Luis Resevoir, CA - April 16: Water fills the coves along the shores of the San Luis Reservoir near Los Banos. A series of heavy rainstorms this winter has replenished the reservoir, which stores water from the San Joaquin-Sacramento River Delta. It is a key water supply for millions of Californians from Silicon Valley to San Diego, and has risen 144 feet since 2022 . It is presently almost at full capacity. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)

Expansion of San Luis Reservoir set to boost California’s water-storing capacity

This aerial image taken from video shows a brush fire that broke out in a park on the northern tip of Manhattan in Inwood, N.Y., Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. (WABC-TV via AP)

Drought warnings issued across Northeast as wildfires burn

Los Angeles set to build facility to transform wastewater into clean drinking water

Solutions: As climate change worsens, so too will natural disasters. Here’s how to pay for them

‘Drill, baby, drill!’ and climate change denial: California braces for a Trump environment

Climate change identified as main driver of worsening drought in the Western United States

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