Well, this is why it's a bad idea to move to a freaking desert.
"What are the chances that Lake Mead, a key source of water for more than 22 million people in the Southwest, would ever go dry? A new study says it's 50 percent by 2021.
"Make no mistake, this water problem is not a scientific abstraction, but rather one that will impact each and every one of us that live in the Southwest."
The researchers also noted that their estimates are conservative — in other words, the water shortage is likely to be even more dire than they estimate.
there is also
A 10 percent chance that Lake Mead could be dry by 2014.
A 50 percent chance that reservoir levels will drop too low to allow hydroelectric power generation by 2017. "
A 50 percent chance that reservoir levels will drop too low to allow hydroelectric power generation by 2017. "
Link (thanks to Nat!)
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