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 ...

Learn more about the snow drought impacting the western U.S. and what that means for vital water sources.

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 ...

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

At the beginning of this year, Lake Mead's water level was at 1,068.18 feet. With a steady increase through January and February, it reached a peak of 1,076 feet. However, since then it has ...

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 ...

All who depend on the water Lake Mead provides should be monitoring levels and ensure that they’re following directives about best water-saving practices, said Kyle Roerink, executive director ...

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 ...