Lake Mead's water levels are 16 feet higher than they were when the reservoir battled critically low levels in the fall of 2022, but compared with the reservoir's highest point, in 1983, it still ...

According to the Bureau of Reclamation's projections, on January 1, 2025, Lake Mead will have water levels 1,062.32 feet above sea level, while Lake Powell will be at 3,574.08 feet above sea level.

A huge help to that mission came with the completion of the Central Arizona Project in the 1990s. Meant to stop overreliance on groundwater, the 336-mile pipeline transports water from Lake Havasu ...

Historic Lake Mead drought leads to disturbing discoveries on dried up ground Human remains from five people were discovered this year. By John Kapetaneas , Stephanie Fasano , and Ivan Pereira ...

Lake Mead Water Watch A snowboarder makes turns on fresh snow just after opening at Lee Canyon on Mount Charleston, northwest of Las Vegas, on Friday, March 14, 2025.

A study from Arizona State University has found that an amount of water comparable to Lake Mead has been lost from the ground in the period studied from April 2002 to October 2024. (Allen J ...

A Lake Mead’s worth of water has vanished from the ground. Could Las Vegas suffer? An Arizona State University study has placed a microscope on groundwater pumping in the Colorado River Basin.

Groundwater in the Colorado River Basin has declined by 27.8 million acre-feet from April 2002 to October 2024, a loss comparable to Lake Mead and occurring about twice as fast as surface water ...

The water beneath our feet that we use to bathe, drink and water crops is vanishing faster than ever in the Colorado River Basin, according to a new study. A Lake Mead’s worth of water has ...

A boater gets an up-close view of the “bathtub ring” on Lake Mead — evidence of its low water level — while touring Hoover Dam. A study from Arizona State University has found that an ...

While it’s true that Las Vegas relies on surface water from Lake Mead for 90% of its supply, that’s an increasingly limited resource it shares with six other states, Native American tribes and ...