3 Colorado River states must take big water cuts
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The U.S. Department of the Interior announced that it has finalized plans for the 2027-2028 Colorado River Operations, and Utah is not one of the states seeing major water cuts.
In the past 10 days, both Lake Mead on the Arizona-Nevada border and Lake Powell roughly 300 miles northeast on the Utah-Arizona line have recorded their lowest water levels since the reservoirs were first filled.
The Utah State Legislature's Interim Transportation Committee voted on Wednesday to begin exploring letting go of the Lake Powell Ferry, which Utah's Department of Transportation has run.
Lake Powell is now only about 30 feet above the minimum elevation needed for Glen Canyon Dam to generate hydroelectricity normally.