A parade of boats traveled the Las Vegas Strip as boating enthusiasts protest the possible closure of boating ramps at Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
Lake Mead
The National Park Service said, in a newsletter, that removing boat launch ramps at five lake locations remains an option.
Ironically, the community closest to Hoover Dam uses up to 500 million gallons a year one time and then casts it away — just a few miles from a shrinking Lake Mead.
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.
Water waste investigators have intensified efforts across the Las Vegas Valley to enforce water use regulations. They could use the public’s help in the effort.
Three jurisdictions that provide water to valley customers are investigating more cases with more inspectors and assessing more fines than ever before.
The Bureau of Reclamation says the lake likely will be at 1,013.70 feet above sea level by July 2024.
The summer shrinkage of Lake Mead has drastically slowed, but not stopped.
“What has been a slow motion train wreck for 20 years is accelerating, and the moment of reckoning is near,” the head of the Southern Nevada Water Authority told Congress.
The precipitous drop of Lake Mead this spring has slowed down in past week.
Owner Craig Miller brought his houseboat in early June to a place for engine repairs, but rapidly declining Lake Mead left him with nothing but sand under his boat.
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.
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