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In August 2022, for the first time a "Tier 2" shortage was declared for the first time.<ref name="Fox">https://www.foxweather.com/extreme-weather/lake-mead-lake-powell-colorado-river-water-cuts-drought</ref>  As a result releases from the "Glen Canyon and Hoover Dams, which created Lakes Powell and Mead, will be reduced again in 2023 due to declining reservoir levels."<ref name="Fox"/>

In August 2022, for the first time a "Tier 2" shortage was declared for the first time.<ref name="Fox">https://www.foxweather.com/extreme-weather/lake-mead-lake-powell-colorado-river-water-cuts-drought</ref>  As a result releases from the "Glen Canyon and Hoover Dams, which created Lakes Powell and Mead, will be reduced again in 2023 due to declining reservoir levels."<ref name="Fox"/>

===Water flow===

===Water flow===

The water flow of the Colorado River can be 800 million gallons per hour.  Roughly 40 million people, including 90% of the water needs of [[Las Vegas]] (which also gets its other 10% from groundwater<ref>https://www.snwa.com/water-resources/current-water-supply/index.html</ref>), depend on the Colorado River.

The water flow of the Colorado River can be 800 million gallons per hour.  Roughly 40 million people, including 90% of the water needs of [[Las Vegas]] (which also gets its other 10% from groundwater<ref name="snwa">https://www.snwa.com/water-resources/current-water-supply/index.html</ref>), depend on the Colorado River.

==Old name==

==Old name==

The Colorado River used to be called the "Grand River,"<ref>http://www.memoriallibrary.com/MAP/1872West/colorado.htm Map from 1872 showing the "Grand River" in Colorado</ref> until 1921, when it got its current name.<ref>http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20031223/OPINION/312230302</ref> Because it flowed through the [[Grand Canyon]], it also gave the name "Grand" to several other towns, including [[Grand Junction]] and Grand County, Colorado.

The Colorado River used to be called the "Grand River,"<ref>http://www.memoriallibrary.com/MAP/1872West/colorado.htm Map from 1872 showing the "Grand River" in Colorado</ref> until 1921, when it got its current name.<ref>http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20031223/OPINION/312230302</ref> Because it flowed through the [[Grand Canyon]], it also gave the name "Grand" to several other towns, including [[Grand Junction]] and Grand County, Colorado.