states, the agency calls for holding back the equivalent of 42.6 billion gallons of water in lake powell. that means deeper cuts to the amount of water people can use in arizona, california, colorado, new mexico, utah, and wyoming. 114 billion gallons of water have already been held back this year. this as images show lake mead, the country s largest reservoir that gets its fill from lake powell, has dropped to such historically low levels that the lake s intake valve is now exposed. inside the dam, current-water levels still produce power. these are the zwgenerators, d that spinning is a result of the water coming from the forebay from the reservoir side. but if water levels drop another 32 feet, the spinning stops. the climate crisis forcing federal and state governments to make tough choices and take