Las Vegas has now gone 212 days without rain, and all of Clark County is under either extreme or exceptional drought, but water levels at Lake Mead keep rising. Newsweek reached out to the National ...

Latest estimates place the Upper Colorado River Basin snowpack at just 83 percent of the historic median for this time of year.

He added, "But, as the level in Lake Mead dropped in recent years, that created a plausible fear of hitting 'dead pool,' when no water would be released from Hoover Dam." As a result, California ...

As Lake Mead’s water level continues to fall amid the worsening drought, Southern Nevada water managers are revving up their newest pumping station to make sure water keeps flowing to Las Vegas ...

Roosevelt visited in 1935, but spoke to dedicate Hoover Dam outside Boulder City ... prescient given today’s concerns over water levels at Lake Mead, the main source of water for Las Vegas ...

The immense concrete structure – which confines Lake Mead ... a 30-foot-wide water pipe. Both on-site guided tours include stops inside the power plant, but only the Hoover Dam Tour offers ...

If you're planning things to do in Las Vegas, you may be considering a day trip to the Hoover Dam – the National Historic Landmark that diverts water from ... in views of Lake Mead, the Hoover ...