USA: Western states may declare water shortage for first time as reserves low at Hoover Dam

Subscribe to our channel The US states of Nevada and Arizona were preparing to declare water shortage for the first time ever due to the record low levels of reserves at the Hoover Dam, as filmed on Friday. The manmade reservoirs supplying the US West and Mexico with water were predicted to shrink in the next few months, according to the US Bureau of Reclamation. Recently the 10 years between 2010 and now, it s the driest 10year period on record, so there is definitely a drying trend that we observed, said Noe Santos, manager at the organisation. If the reservoir is projected to be below 1, 075 (feet) then in the next year we will have reduced deliveries to Arizona, Nevada and Mexico as well, added Santos. A decline in water levels will also impact how much power we can make and how much energy we can produce, said Glen Schilling, a manager at Lower Colorado River Energy Engineering. Recently the dam lost around 25 percent of its energy producing capacity, according to Sc