claim: Last year, though, was a wet one on the Rio Grande, with a strong snowpack in the winter of 2016-17 that allowed the conservancy district to store water in upstream reservoirs.
evidences.evidence_id: Colorado River:409
evidences.article: Colorado River
evidences.evidence: In November 2012, the U.S. and Mexico reached an agreement, known as Minute 319, permitting Mexico storage of its water allotment in U.S. reservoirs during wet years, thus increasing the efficiency with which the water can be used.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Glen Canyon Dam:268
evidences.article: Glen Canyon Dam
evidences.evidence: Since then, the reservoir has slowly regained water storage, but has not filled due to fluctuating runoff levels and its obligated release to Lake Mead.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS SUPPORTS
evidences.evidence_id: Glen Canyon Dam:270
evidences.article: Glen Canyon Dam
evidences.evidence: At the end of water year 2017 (September 30), the lake level was 3,628 feet (1,106 m), and at 60 percent of capacity.
evidences.votes: SUPPORTS NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Glen Canyon Dam:36
evidences.article: Glen Canyon Dam
evidences.evidence: With the Glen Canyon site out of the question, the initial need for a reservoir was realized in 1936 with the completion of Hoover Dam in Black Canyon, storing 32 million acre feet (39 km3) in the mammoth reservoir of Lake Mead.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO NOT_ENOUGH_INFO
evidences.evidence_id: Glen Canyon Dam:40
evidences.article: Glen Canyon Dam
evidences.evidence: Without storage reservoirs of their own, the Upper Basin states risked a "call" on the Colorado River during drought years: they would be forced to use less water in order to keep the river flowing to Lake Mead and California, the state with the most senior water rights.
evidences.votes: NOT_ENOUGH_INFO SUPPORTS