Safety while boating at Lake Mead National Recreation Area has long been an issue, leading to several deaths almost every year since 2000.
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Multiple government bodies are attacking the problem of forever chemicals head on, especially with new regulations handed down from the Environmental Protection Agency.
Tubes at Glen Canyon Dam might be damaged, threatening future deliveries from Lake Powell if water levels get too low, the Bureau of Reclamation said.
Though snowpack in the Upper Colorado River Basin isn’t as impressive as last year, the National Weather Service said there is good news this year.
More than 70 percent of state residents believe Nevada’s water supply is a serious problem, according to a poll.
When it comes to Lake Mead’s water levels, even the biggest storms that hit Las Vegas aren’t much of a factor.
A man and a woman were killed in a boat crash Saturday at Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
Not even Las Vegas’ hottest month on record could knock Lake Mead’s timely rise off course.
Rising temperatures have sapped more than 10 trillion gallons of water from the Colorado River over the last two decades, a recent study shows.
The boat ramp, which was made inoperable by declining water levels at the lake, has been converted into a walking trail.
The person was reported missing last weekend in the northwestern part of the lake.
Before it hits a glass, water taken directly from Lake Mead, the Colorado River or the underground water table must run through two Southern Nevada Water Authority facilities.
A torrent of water was released from Glen Canyon Dam last month as a way of shoring up the sandbars and beaches along the Colorado River.
After dropping more than 50 feet since 2000, latest forecasts show Lake Mead rising by roughly 22 feet by the end of the year.
The U.S. Drought Monitor says storms dropped so much water this winter that less than one-quarter of Nevada remains in drought.
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