LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Metropolitan Water District General Manager Shivaji Deshmukh issues the following statement regarding the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s release today of a Draft Environmental Impact Statement for post-2026 operations of Lake Powell and Lake Mead. “The release of today’s Draft EIS is yet another wake-up call that we need a consensus agreement supported by all water users that rely on the Colorado River. None of the five alternatives analyzed by the Bureau of Reclamat