Not only is Lake Powell's water level plummeting because of drought, its total capacity is shrinking, too

Source: CNN — World

Lake Powell, the second-largest human-made reservoir in the US, has lost nearly 7% of its potential storage capacity since 1963, when Glen Canyon Dam was built, a new report shows.

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