Over the last three weeks, Lake Mead’s water level has risen 4.6 feet thanks mainly to extra water being released from Lake Powell beginning on April 24, KTLA sister station KLAS reports. On the ...
The massive lake acts like a savings bank for water users, but the account balance is low enough to make officials from across the West nervous Coloradans might know of Lake Powell from sun-filled ...
LAKE POWELL, Ariz. — What's being classified as an Exceptional Drought has hit the Western United States. Extreme summer heat is threatening the power grid and water supply as well as Lake Powell, the ...
Lake Powell has seen its water levels creep back upwards since this time last year thanks to the above-average snowmelt from the Rocky Mountains over the spring and summer. The differing shorelines of ...
This article is part of a special issue on the future of Lake Powell, looking at the reservoir as overallocation and severe drought dry the Colorado River. Read more about how life is returning to the ...
Tracking every move of the Colorado River’s biggest reservoirs has become a routine for water managers across the West. As runoff season comes to a close, the latest hopeful sign comes from Lake ...
Lake Powell, the second-largest reservoir on the Colorado River, is about to hit the lowest water level since it was filled in 1963, the Bureau of Reclamation said on Wednesday. Water levels have been ...
Despite national reports on Lake Powell’s record-low water levels, and projections that the mega-reservoir will probably never completely fill again, the National Park Service reported record-high ...