Federal officials underscored the need for urgent action to deal with ongoing drought along the Colorado River at a water users conference in Las Vegas on Friday.
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The National Park Service said, in a newsletter, that removing boat launch ramps at five lake locations remains an option.
A continued decline projects Lake Mead at 1,016 feet by October 2024, the Bureau of Reclamation estimates.
A Clark County teen has died from a rare brain-eating amoeba that he was likely infected with while in Lake Mead, according to the Southern Nevada Health District.
A new water rate structure that will impose hefty levies on the valley’s biggest residential water users was approved Tuesday by a Southern Nevada municipal water board.
The Las Vegas Valley Water District is expected to adopt a new rate structure so big users pay more when they use more water.
As lake waters recede, Steve Schafer believes more human remains will be found. He is part of a three-person team that has recovered bodies of at least 10 people since 2013. They do so to help families of the missing.
Authorities at Lake Mead National Recreation Area found human skeletal remains Monday night.
Authorities were working to identify human remains found by a bystander at a Lake Mead National Recreation Area beach.
In July 1983, Lake Mead was nearing full capacity. As a result, in a rare move, the Hoover Dam opened its spillways, creating a show that visitors will never forget.
The summer shrinkage of Lake Mead has drastically slowed, but not stopped.
How Lake Mead grew, reached capacity, then fell over 80 years.
On this day in 1983, in a front-page story, the Review-Journal warned readers that holiday activities at Lake Mead would be limited because of high water levels.
Should Lake Mead fall below its “dead pool” level of 895 feet, Hoover Dam could not produce power and would be unable to release water to California, Arizona and Mexico.
Lake Mead is 29 percent full, the lowest level since it was originally filled more than 80 years ago