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Major California Water Users Agree to Historic Cuts to Protect Colorado River
Drought-stricken Lake Mead on the Colorado River in August 2022. Photo by Christopher Clark / U.S. Bureau of Reclamation In a historic effort to protect the Colorado River from extended drought, the San Diego County Water Authority and five other major California water districts have signed the first of a series of agreements to save 1.6 million acre-feet of water. California’s current Colorado River allocation is 4.4 million acre-feet annually, so the action ensures Lake Mead — the nation’s largest reservoir — can continue to deliver water to millions of people and hundreds of thousands of acres of farmland over the next three years. One acre-foot is approximately 325,900 gallons

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