This major US lake just hit its lowest summer level ever. Here’s why you should be concerned
- Lake Powell, one of the American West’s largest reservoirs that helps provide water, irrigation and power for over 40 million Americans across seven states, is drying up.
- Bordering Utah and Arizona, the man-made lake’s summer water levels are at their lowest in recorded history, according to Utah data.
- That’s because of the historic, climate change-fueled spring drought which resulted in record-low snowpack to the region.
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- Lake Powell, one of the American West’s largest reservoirs that helps provide water, irrigation and power for over 40 million Americans across seven states, is drying up.
- Bordering Utah and Arizona, the man-made lake’s summer water levels are at their lowest in recorded history, according to Utah data.
- That’s because of the historic, climate change-fueled spring drought which resulted in record-low snowpack to the region.
Sources: The Independent