“If there is no Drought Contingency Plan, we don’t want to leave potentially half a million acre-feet or more locked up in Lake Mead if we go into shortage,” says General Manager Jeff Kightlinger At today’s meeting of the Water Planning & Stewardship Committee, Metropolitan officials said that with no Drought Contingency Plan in place (Arizona being the hold out), they are beginning to draw down their storage in Lake Mead. Bill Hasencamp, manager of Colorado River Resources, began by … Continue reading THIS JUST IN … Metropolitan Water District begins drawing down stored water in Lake Mead