This year's storms won't erase looming drought worries across the entire southwestern U.S., experts fear. Of particular ...

The deadline for the U.S. Department of Interior to determine the post-2026 future of Lake Powell and Lake Mead — and the ...

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

With snowpack levels hovering around 84% of normal, projections for Lake Mead released on Friday show the reservoir dropping ...

"Lake Mead, which receives water released from ... In 2022, however, the lake had a very bad year when it reached its lowest-ever level on record, 1,040 feet in July. The lake was also affected ...

Scientists studying the volcanic landscape of the Cascade Range found that an aquifer has nearly three times as much water as Lake Mead. The discovery could have implications on how scientists and ...

Lake Mead, the source of almost 90 percent of Southern Nevada’s water, is expected to near 2022’s historic low by the end of 2025, this month’s Bureau of Reclamation projection shows.

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

It dropped from 96% of normal from October through December 2024 to 69% of normal from Jan. 1-15, federal records ... to Lake Mead, which stores water for this basin. The low water forecasts ...