reservoir
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Measures include shrinking how much water leaves that reservoir, which flows down the Colorado River into Lake Mead and supplies water to Southern California, Nevada and Arizona.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2026
A group that helped more than 1,000 toads reach their breeding ground safely say they fear the creatures have died after a reservoir was drained.
From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026
Lake Mead, the country’s largest reservoir near Las Vegas, is now 32% full.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
In some older fields, the shock permanently alters reservoir dynamics, erasing some capacity forever.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
He looks toward the reservoir and the water we almost reached.
From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman
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