It is only May, and the worsening, long-term drought in the Southwest is taxing water managers, firefighters and even homicide detectives in new ways.
, and the state is entering a dry season in which both its reservoirs are near record lows.
The state is also grappling with the new reality of a much-diminished Colorado River, which helps provide water to several states. The level of water in Lake Mead in Arizona and Nevada, the nation's largest reservoir by volume, is so low that one of theThe intrigue: As the water level drops, long-hidden bodies have begun to be unearthed. The first instance of skeletal human remains was discovered on May 1, inside a rusted metal barrel.
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