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It helps if you understand why Lake Mead is so low.
There are a number of dams on the Colorado and its tributaries. The two largest reservoirs in the country, Lake Mead and upstream from it, Lake Powell, are part of this. The degree of water restrictions for users of this water are solely based on the level of Lake Mead, rather than the water in the entire system. Upshot of this is that they can run Powell a bit higher, and Mead a bit lower and trigger more draconian restrictions, particularly on Arizona and California.
The entire project has been criminally mismanaged from the outset.
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