New data shows that water levels in major reservoirs including Lakes Mead and Powell are well below average for this time of year.

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

Both Lake Mead, which sits behind Hoover Dam, and the Colorado River, get their water from snowmelt that runs off of the Rocky Mountains, as well as other Colorado Plateau ridges.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Lake Mead officials continue to remove abandoned boats as water levels continue to shrink, calling them “eyesores” across the landscape.

The river also serves Mexico and more than two dozen Native American tribes, produces hydropower, and supplies water to farms ...

MEAD, Okla. — Lake Texoma is a go-to spot for many around the Memorial Day holiday and summer break. But for Paul Casperson, owner of the Willow Springs Marina & Resort, business hasn’t been ...

However, he said when lake levels are low, which they are this year, it impacts businesses. “We more or less live and die by the lake levels here,” Chlupsa said. Many of Arizona’s lakes are ...

Environment Nation Nation & World Travel A Lake Mead’s worth of water has vanished from the ground. Could Las Vegas suffer? June 15, 2025 at 11:55 am By Alan Halaly ...

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 ...

Based on the river’s entire historical record, there’s about a 65 percent chance of Lake Mead falling below 1,075 feet — the level at which the first shortage in river water available to the ...

An official from Utah, during a Colorado River conference at CU Boulder last month, framed the consideration as a “divorce” ...