Lake Mead May Dry Up by 2021: "There is a 50 percent chance Lake Mead will run dry by 2021 and a 10 percent chance it will run out of usable water by 2014, if the region's drought deepens and water use climbs, the researchers said. (See related photo.)
'We were stunned at the magnitude of the problem and how fast it was coming at us,' said marine physicist Tim Barnett.
'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,' he said.
Currently, Lake Mead—located in Nevada and Arizona—is half-full, as is Lake Powell, another manmade reservoir on the Colorado River."
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