By Jim Cross | KTAR
Here is some great news for the millions who live in the Southwest: the Bureau of Reclamation confirmed that there will be no water shortage declared on the Colorado River next year.
The bureau expected that 2017 would also be a normal water use year. There’s only a 15 percent probability of a shortage being declared in 2017. The bureau’s report showed the anticipated level in Lake Mead on Jan. 1, 2016 will be 1,082 feet above sea level.
Those numbers are more than seven feet above the 1,075-foot level that would trigger a shortage declaration for the lower Colorado River.
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