Lake Mead & Colorado River Still In Crisis

BOULDER CITY, NV - AUGUST 14: One of the many vista points on the south shore of Lake Mead, the country's largest man-made water reservoir, formed by Hoover Dam on the Colorado River in the Southwestern United States, has marginally stabilized, now at approximately 47% capacity, is viewed on August 14, 2023 near Boulder City, Nevada. The lake, a national recreation area, located within the states of Nevada and Arizona 24 miles east of the Las Vegas Strip, serves water to the states of Arizona, California, Utah, Colorado, and Nevada, as well as parts of Mexico, providing fresh water to nearly 20 million people and large swaths of farmland. (Photo by George Rose/Getty Images)