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Millions Face US ‘Megadrought’
August 21, 2022
A megadrought is drying up the Colorado River and depleting the nation's largest man-made reservoir, Lake Meade. The federal government is forcing states to cut the amount of water they can draw from it. That means other states will have to make critical decisions about how they use water. “We should not get to the day where we turn the faucet, and there's no water,” Adel Hagekhalil, MWD General Manager, told CBS News. Inside Edition Digital’s Stephanie Officer explains.