Politics -- not bureaucrats -- sloshing water

Fleck clarifies my misconception about his post:

He makes the excellent point that these lakes reservoirs are managed by two different branches of BurRec (Lower and Upper Colorado Basin, respectively)

with this:

The disconnect is not in the river’s management, but in the resulting political conversation. In thinking about the river as a whole, it is most useful to think about the total amount water stored in both reservoirs. But in building a sense of urgency in Las Vegas, it is in Pat Mulroy’s interest that her community focus on Mead’s dropping levels.