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

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

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

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 ...

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Unsurprisingly, Lake Mead was filled with people enjoying Labor Day on the water. Both local and from out of town, like Mike Tretinjak who lives in California now but has come to ...

More human skeletal remains were discovered at Lake Mead's Swim Beach area Monday night, officials said, marking the third time authorities have reported finding remains at the beach amid the lake's ...

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 ...

The historic four-year drought in California has been grabbing the headlines lately, but there's a much bigger problem facing the West: the now 14-year drought gripping the Colorado River basin. One ...

According to data from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR), Lake Powell’s elevation was 3566.75 feet at the start of ...