Lake Mead, in the Colorado River system, is an important supplier of water to the Golden State. It is the largest U.S.

Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States, has fallen to some of the lowest water levels ever recorded. The ...

Despite historic holiday storms resulting in reservoirs to overflow in California, Lake Mead’s water level declines in 2025.

Lake Mead stored 8.59 million acre-feet of water on Dec. 31, according to USBR data. The lake can store about 26 million acre ...

"Currently, the water-in-storage situation for the Colorado River system is not good," one expert told Newsweek.

Southern Nevada begins 2026 under Tier 1 water shortage restrictions, a challenge that’s been beaten before. In fact, water ...

According to the Colorado River Research Group, even a near-average snowpack over the colder months could mean that these ...

Water issues will no doubt make the news in 2026. A water expert at the Central Arizona Project, which delivers Colorado ...

Despite a wet winter that swelled the Colorado River’s reservoirs this year, Lake Mead will head into 2024 under a federal water shortage for a third consecutive year. The rising water levels at Lake ...

As the deadline to renegotiate Colorado River water use agreements approaches, Democratic Senator John Hickenlooper says he ...

The man-made basin serves water to about 20 million residents in the west. — -- The water levels in Lake Mead, the man-made reservoir that serves about 20 million residents in Nevada, Arizona and ...