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Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States, has plummeted to its lowest water level since it was filled some 90 years ago, another sign of the crisis plaguing the Colorado River system.

Grand Canyon National Park officials have implemented water restrictions on the South Rim following a break in the Transcanyon Waterline.

Millions remain under strict water restrictions because of historic drought. Failing to conserve could mean empty reservoirs, and even harsher restrictions.

Scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey have found evidence of human contamination and forever chemicals in Monument Springs and other remote springs within Grand Canyon National Park.

It's not clear yet how the money would be distributed among several states in a river basin where political fights and an impasse over how to share water long-term have persisted even during historic drought.

Officials at Grand Canyon National Park will begin to ease water restrictions Friday as crews make progress repairing breaks in the Transcanyon Waterline.

New Mexico water negotiator Estevan López said talks resumed this month, and the upper and lower basin states are using a short-term pitch from Nevada as a starting point.

Officials at Grand Canyon National Park have suspended all overnight hotel stays because of a major break in the pipeline that brings drinking water to the South Rim.

Arizona will provide billions in taxpayer money to help fund several new initiatives aimed at providing alternate drinking water sources for the state.

Negotiators missed a deadline to reach an agreement on Colorado River allocations, spurring a bipartisan call to action from Arizona leaders to the U.S. Department of the Interior.