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Secret meeting held to discuss Lake Mead water levels

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on June 25, 2009 at 6:49 am

From Las Vegas’ I-Team:

Beleaguered business owners at Lake Mead are due for a break, and one appears to be on the way. The ever-declining water level at the lake has cost marinas and other businesses millions of dollars.

Business owners at the mead feel mistreated. Their gripe is that the water level at Lake Powell has risen more than 30 feet while the level at Lake Mead continues to drop.

U.S. Senator Harry Reid heard the lament of the business owners and called an assortment of agencies and stakeholders and told them to all sit down at the table. The result could mean some extra water for the lake.

It’s both appropriate and ironic to hold a secret meeting to talk about water levels inside a houseboat on the very lake that is dropping by the day. Federal agencies were inside, along with local agencies, business owners, and Reid staffers. But the agenda specified that media was not welcome, so the I-Team waited at dock for the participants to emerge.

Read more from the I-Team by clicking here, or watch the newscast below:

June 25, 2009 · Filed Under Las Vegas & Nevada

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