Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United States, has plummeted to its lowest water level since it was filled some 90 years ago, another sign of the crisis plaguing the Colorado River system.
The water level at Lake Mead hit 1,040.4 feet above sea level Friday, according to federal data. That’s just below the mark of 1,040.58 feet recorded on July 28, 2022, at the reservoir, which straddles the Arizona-Nevada border outside Las Vegas.
The record follows a winter that produced the worst snowpack on record in the Colorado River Basin. Melting snow feeds the river, which is relied upon by farmers, industries, wildlife, hydropower producers and more than 40 million people across seven U.S. states, tribal nations and Mexico.
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