Lake Mead, the country’s largest reservoir, is facing a dire water shortage. The lake is currently at its lowest level since it was filled in the 1930s.
Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with John Fleck, director of the water resources program at the University of New Mexico, about the falling water level in the lake.
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