Forecasters say Lake Mead water shortage could be on the way

PHOENIX (AP) – Federal forecasters say a warm, dry February has increased the chances that Lake Mead will have a water shortage by 2018.
The Arizona Republic reports that El Nino brought a snowy winter to the Rocky Mountains, but things dried up in February. The Colorado Basin River Forecast Center projects that Lake Powell will hold only 80 percent of its long-term average amount of water this spring.
Lake Powell gathers most of the water that ultimately flows to Lake Mead.
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