Lake Mead is a reservoir formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in the Southwestern United States. ... When the lake levels are high enough, a section of the lake farther upstream from the Gregg Basin is flooded, which includes Grand Wash Bay, the Pearce Ferry Bay and launch ramp, and about 55 miles ...

2024年11月23日 · Two of the four intake towers sit in the reservoir of Lake Mead at the Hoover Dam in Boulder City, Nevada, on June 8. Upper and Lower Basin states, along with other stakeholders, have mixed...

2022年9月25日 · The reservoir is significant because more than half of the population in the Colorado River Basin relies on it. We reflect on the growing threat of Colorado River water shortage, as well as in Lake Mead, and the impacts this could on the environment and millions of people that depend on it. — Formal Water Shortage Declared for Lake Mead

2023年2月24日 · The Las Vegas Wash enters Las Vegas Bay—which is at the western edge of Lake Mead—from the Boulder Basin. A stock photo shows Lake Mead. The lake is fed by the Colorado River.

2024年12月19日 · Colorado River Interim Guidelines for Lower Basin Shortages & Coordinated Operations for Lake Powell & Lake Mead Colorado River Basin Natural Flow & Salt Data SECURE Water Act Report to Congress Warren H. Brock Reservoir Conservation Summary Report. Supply, Accounting, & Contracting.

2024年3月6日 · The upper basin proposal puts mandatory cuts on the three lower basin states if Lake Mead falls to a certain threshold, while offering the four upper basin states would also undertake voluntary ...

BOULDER CITY, Nev. – The Bureau of Reclamation today released the Colorado River Basin August 2024 24-Month Study, which determines the operating tiers for the coordinated operation of Lake Powell and Lake Mead for 2025. Based on projections in the study, Lake Powell will operate in a Mid-Elevation Release Tier in water year 2025 and Lake Mead will operate in a Level 1 Shortage Condition ...

2025年1月19日 · Lake Mead National Recreation Area, established in 1936, has an area of 2,338 square miles (6,055 square km) and extends 240 miles (386 km) along the Colorado River, from the western end of Grand Canyon National Park to below Davis Dam (1950). It includes Lake Mohave and part of the Hualapai Indian Reservation. It was the first national recreation area to be designated as such by the U.S ...

2025年1月27日 · Bureau of Reclamation, Lower Colorado Region. Featured Resources. Colorado River Basin; The Secretary of the Interior has directed Reclamation to prepare a SEIS to the December 2007 Record of Decision associated with the Colorado River Interim Guidelines for Lower Basin Shortages and Coordinated Operations for Lake Powell and Lake Mead, referred to as the 2007 Interim Guidelines.

The basin’s declining water sustains Lake Mead, but the reservoir’s diminished capacity is a sign of the times—a barometer for the river basin’s overall health and sustainability. Climate change takes center stage as the culprit behind the heat that evaporates water, saps the vitality from the Colorado River, and lowers Lake Mead levels.