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The Latest Breaking News from Lake Mead

Lake Mead nearing ‘system crash’ as experts warn a ‘world of hurt’ could be coming for some states

The warning follows another unusually dry winter in the Colorado River Basin, which supplies water to about 40 million people across seven Western states

The Independent UK

Rare brain-eating amoeba found in water at several western national parks – including Lake Mead and Yellowstone

Brain infections caused by Naegleria fowleri are incredibly rare but have a 98 percent fatality rate

The Independent UK

Hoover Dam’s power output could drop 40 percent this year under new plans to balance out record low snowpack

Federal officials have said they have no choice but to reduce water flows from Lake Powell, hundreds of miles upstream, to prevent another dam from shutting down

The Independent UK

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America’s largest reservoir nears record-low water levels after dropping 6 feet in a month

Lake Mead’s water temperatures have also gone up, prompting concerns about water treatment operations

The Independent UK

Experts Warn Lake Mead's Record-Low Path Threatens Water For Millions 'So Farmers Should Begin Planning Accordingly'

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation projects the water level at Nevada's Lake Mead will hit a record low of 1,041.05 feet within two years, reports Newsweek. Activists warn that steps must be taken now to avert a catastrophe.

Benzinga

As the Colorado River slowly dries up, states angle for influence over future water rights

The Colorado River is in trouble: Not as much water flows into the river as people are entitled to take out of it. A new idea might change that, but complicated political and practical negotiations stand in the way.

The Conversation

Groundwater in the Colorado River basin won't run out — but eventually we won’t be able to get at it, scientists warn

The Colorado River basin has lost a Lake Mead’s worth of water in the last 20 years — and scientists say we’re passing a "critical point" where pumping groundwater will become too expensive.

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Colorado River basin has lost nearly the equivalent of an underground Lake Mead

Reservoir lost 27.8m acre-feet of groundwater in 20 years, study finds, vanishing ‘twice as fast as surface water’

The Guardian - US

Scientists discover enormous reservoir hidden in Cascades — more than twice the amount of water in Lake Mead

An enormous water reservoir — likely the largest aquifer of its kind in on Earth — sits inside the volcanic rocks of the Oregon Cascades, scientists have revealed.

LiveScience

‘Illegal roads’ in a Nevada national park will cost $8.5m to fix, officials say

The roads associated with unlicensed campers and environmental damage, according to park officials

The Independent UK

The futuristic tech that lets F1's Las Vegas GP generate its own water

Water is a sparse resource in the Vegas desert, so F1 is deploying an innovative technology that pulls water from the air

Motorsport

A video shows two men toppling rock formations at Lake Mead trail

The National Park Service is seeking the public's help in identifying the two men, caught on video pushing rocks off a cliff near the Redstone Dunes Trail earlier this month.

WEKU

Ancient Rock Formations Destroyed At Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Visitors destroying ancient rock formations at Lake Mead National Recreation Area prompt a search for suspects. Park rangers seek public cooperation to pro...

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Do you recognize these men spotted pulling down boulders on a popular Lake Mead hiking trail?

A video of the incident has been sent to the NPS for investigation

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Last year's most popular (and most dangerous) US National Parks revealed

Visits to NPS-maintained sites were almost back to pre-pandemic levels last year

The Guardian - US

Colorado River has lost 10tn gallons of water since 2000 due to climate crisis

Volume of water lost equal to Lake Mead, US’s largest reservoir, or enough water to fill around 15bn Olympic-sized pools, study finds

The Guardian - US

‘A portion of paradise’: how the drought is bringing a lost US canyon back to life

Record dryness has restored an ecosystem under Lake Powell, the country’s second-largest reservoir

LiveScience

Over half of the world's largest lakes and reservoirs are losing water

The amount lost in the last 30 years is equivalent to 17 Lake Meads — the largest reservoir in the U.S.

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The Independent UK

Explainer: What does the latest Colorado River proposal mean for California, Arizona, Nevada?

Facing the future with a dwindling Colorado River supply and intense pressure from the federal government, Arizona, California and Nevada have offered a plan to cut their water use significantly

Los Angeles Times

Breakthrough Colorado River deal reached, bringing big water cuts for three years

LOS ANGELES — The seven states that depend on the Colorado River announced Monday that they have reached an agreement on cutting water use from the river over the next three years to prevent reservoirs from falling to critically low levels.

The Guardian - US

Remains found in Lake Mead identified as Las Vegas man missing for 25 years

Officials named remains as those of Claude Russell Pensinger, who disappeared on fishing trip in 1998

WEKU

A fisherman went missing in 1998. Now his remains at Lake Mead have been identified

Las Vegas resident Claude Russell Pensinger disappeared while fishing in the reservoir. His skeletal remains were one of several sets discovered last year as water levels dropped in a drought.

Capital & Main

‘We Can’t Be Living in an Economy of 40 Million People This Close to the Edge.’

Lake Mead, a key water source for California and six other states, is close to drying up. Water policy expert Felicia Marcus says dramatic action is needed on conservation, recycling and efficiency.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: What might Colorado River cuts mean for states?

The Biden administration floated two ideas this week for how Western states and Native American tribes could reduce their water use from the dwindling Colorado River

Los Angeles Times

US presents proposals for major water cuts on Colorado River

LOS ANGELES — The federal government on Tuesday laid out two options for preventing the Colorado River’s depleted reservoirs from falling to critically low levels, saying it could either impose cuts across the Southwest by following the water-rights priority system or by using an across-the-board percentage.

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