Boaters and business owners spoke with 8 News Now about a federal decision to decrease Lake Mead’s water levels amid drought ...

On Friday, the Department of the Interior announced an emergency plan for Colorado River drought management that could send ...

Lake Mead has dropped more than 6 feet since March 1 and now sits just 20 feet above its all-time low from July 2022, with ...

More than 215 billion gallons of water will be released downstream to Lake Powell, but Lake Mead will take big hit under a ...

Lake Mead has shed roughly six feet of water-surface elevation since early March, dropping from about 1,052 feet above sea ...

The largest reservoir in the U.S. has reportedly dropped several feet in recent weeks, nearing its record low, a new report ...

Lake Mead is on a sharp slide again, dropping more than six feet since March 1 and putting the nation’s largest reservoir ...

Bureau of Reclamation officials are taking actions to try to preserve the Colorado River, which includes reducing releases ...

Lake Mead is again under scrutiny as new federal projections warn of worsening water conditions at the nation’s largest ...

Not only is Lake Mead under a harmful algal bloom warning, but it is also storing less water than it did at this time last year. The warm winter, coupled with a mid-March heat dome that rose ...

The goal is to prevent Lake Powell from falling so low that Glen Canyon Dam would no longer be able to generate electricity.

“Given the risks facing the Colorado River system, it is imperative that we take action quickly," one official said.