Click here to read this story by Michael Wines of the New York Times
Click here to read this story by Tony Davis of the Arizona Daily Star
NOTE: According to the latest forecast by the Bureau of Reclamation, the elevation at Lake Mead will reach the first tier of declared shortages in April or May of 2015.
Click here to see the projection.
Click here for a more visual graphic from the folks at the Central Arizona Project.
Click here for a graphic of the shortages by percent to Arizona, Nevada and Mexico.
Documents from citizens sounding the warning of reservoirs going empty
April 2007 - read the letter from Living Rivers/Colorado Riverkeeper explaining that shortages were inevitable
February 2008 - read this press release from the Scripps Institute explaining that shortages were inevitable
Documents from upper basin water managers sounding the warning of reservoirs going empty
July 2013 - Eric Kuhn
February 2014 - John McClow