Lake Mead may fall to its lowest elevation since the vital reservoir was filled in the 1930s, according to federal projections issued Monday.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s (USBR) latest “most probable” projection for the nation’s largest reservoir, Lake Mead’s elevation is expected to fall to 1,015.77 feet by the end of July 2027.
Why It Matters
The newest figures arrive as the Colorado River system—which supplies water to roughly 40 million people across the Western United States and irrigates more than 5 million acres of farmland—continues to confront persistent long-term drought conditions, intensifying water and power concerns at some of the nation’s most critical reservoirs.
As of Saturday, Lake Mead was just 29 percent full, with 7,487,010 acre-feet in storage, a level 48 percent of average for the date, according to USBR data.
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