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A comparison of Lake Mead water levels from July 2000 to July 2015. Lake Mead's water level rebounded a few feet by October 2015 and avoided triggering the drought restrictions. The water level started falling in Spring 2016 and fell below the drought trigger level of 1,075 feet again in May 2016.
Lake Mead, which is critical to both the supply of water and electricity across the southwestern United States, has shrunk dramatically over the past 20 years, jaw-dropping new satellite images ...
With water levels continuing to drop at the Hoover Dam, the federal government declared the first water shortage at Lake Mead on Monday, Aug. 16. Stephen Wilcox remembers a time when water levels ...
NASA recently released images of Lake Mead, one from 2000 and one from this year to show how low the water levels have gotten. The shrinkage is clear, with the central lake and its three offshoot ...
The image from July 6, 2000 shows a full lake with a deep shade of blue. The photos from 2021 and 2022 show significantly less water with a lighter shade of blue and light-colored… NASA photos ...
The water levels on Lake Mead have not dropped below 1078 feet since the Hoover Dam was completed nearly 75 years ago, but scientists expect that might finally happen soon.
Lake Mead sits at 27 percent of capacity, its lowest level since 1937. Long stretches of shoreline now sit dry or in the muddy remnants of the lake. As Lake Mead reaches record-low level ...
More than 40 million people depend on Lake Mead for water. New satellite images from NASA show just how much Lake Mead has changed over the years, and experts say it’s troubling. NASA image from ...