Tens of millions of people rely on water from the nation's largest reservoir, which is part of the Colorado River Basin.

Giving ethical consideration to the way we manage our waste in the wild means that more resources and time can be spent on ...

More than 90 years after it was created during the Great Depression, Lake Mead provides about 90% of the water supply in Southern Nevada. And while much of the focus is on the lake shrinking, those ...

Lake Mead has dropped about 2 feet since the beginning of June as drought conditions continue to worsen across Nevada.

A report shows that both Mead and Powell have "reached alarmingly low levels, holding just one-third of their usual capacity." ...

If Lake Mead gets to a low place, about 1,020 feet, followed by two of the worst years of river flows on record, back to back, then the lake would crash and drastic cuts would be needed, he said.

That means Lake Mead will get 7 million acre-feet from Powell in the water year 2021-22, which ends Sept. 30, 2022 — the lowest release from Powell in many years.

While it’s true that Las Vegas relies on surface water from Lake Mead for 90 percent of its supply, that’s an increasingly limited resource it shares with six other states, Native American ...

LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA, Nevada — The white “bathtub ring” the shrinking Colorado River has left behind on the beige rocks behind Hoover Dam shows the growing urgency of acting on ...