{"id":1942,"date":"2021-12-21T00:05:27","date_gmt":"2021-12-21T00:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rosen-testing.senate.gov\/2021\/12\/21\/rosen-announces-40-million-in-funding-to-address-drought-impacting-lake-mead\/"},"modified":"2023-03-29T15:59:58","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T15:59:58","slug":"rosen-announces-40-million-in-funding-to-address-drought-impacting-lake-mead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/2021\/12\/21\/rosen-announces-40-million-in-funding-to-address-drought-impacting-lake-mead\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosen Announces $40 Million in Funding to Address Drought Impacting Lake Mead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><b><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#0e101a\">LAS VEGAS, NV<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#0e101a\"> \u2013 Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen (D-NV) announced that $40 million in U.S. Bureau of Reclamation funding has been secured to stabilize the water level decline of Lake Mead.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#0e101a\">The funding will help implement the conservation of over 500,000 acre-feet of water over the next two years. This includes $26 million to the Lower Colorado River Operations Program to continue implementing Drought Contingency Plan activities, and $14 million to shore up water firming rights for Tribal communities during times of shortage in the Central Arizona water supply.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#0e101a\">\u201cDue to intense drought brought on by climate change, we\u2019ve seen Lake Mead reach its lowest level of water on record this year,\u201d <b>dijo el Senador Rosen. <\/b>\u201cI\u2019m proud to have supported this funding, which will allow us to stabilize the water level at Lake Mead and mitigate the impact of the climate crisis here at home. I will continue fighting to see that Southern Nevada has the resources needed to protect our environment and ensure continued access to water.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#0e101a\">Senator Rosen voted for the spending bill that authorized this drought funding earlier this year. In August, <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rosen.senate.gov\/es\/sites\/default\/files\/2021-08\/Quill%20-%20Letter%20-%20Senate%20Western%20Dems%20Letter%20on%20Wildfire%20and%20Drought%20Funding%20in%20Reconciliation%20Legislation%20-%20Version%20%231%20-%2008-27-2021%20%40%2005-10%20PM.pdf\/\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#4a6ee0\">Senator Rosen also led fellow Western Senators<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#0e101a\"> in urging Senate committee chairs to include funding for wildfire and drought prevention, mitigation, and relief measures in budget reconciliation legislation.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Calibri,sans-serif\"><span style=\"font-size:14.0pt\"><span style=\"font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif\"><span style=\"color:#0e101a\">Senator Rosen was an original co-sponsor of the <i>Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan Authorization Act<\/i>, which was signed into law in 2019. 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