August 27, 2024

Las Vegas Sun - Photograph : Lake Mead snow pack effects

A bathtub ring on the rocks surrounding Lake Mead shows its declining water level on March 6, 2023. The reservoir, which in 2000 had been nearly full, now stands at just 28% of full capacity. Runoff this spring and summer from above-average snowpack in the Rockies should raise Lake Mead’s level by 20 to 30 feet, still well below half its capacity.

A bathtub ring on the rocks surrounding Lake Mead shows its declining water level on March 6, 2023. The reservoir, which in 2000 had been nearly full, now stands at just 28% of full capacity. Runoff this spring and summer from above-average snowpack in the Rockies should raise Lake Mead’s level by 20 to 30 feet, still well below half its capacity.