Lake Mead expected to drop nearly 33 feet by June 2028

Saturday, July 18, 2026

A critical year is ahead for the nation's two largest reservoirs, with no relief after a record-low snowpack and a continuing drought. A comment posted on the Colorado River Basin's Facebook page Wednesday morning might have said it best: "Not enough water in the Monsoons to help. There's only 2 things that can save Mead and Powell right now: 150 percent Colorado Rockies snow pack for 5 consecutive years, or God himself."

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... Projections released earlier this week show Lake Mead dropping to the lowest levels seen since Hoover Dam was built in the 1930s, falling to 1,035.86 feet in November. That's about 6.5 feet lower than Lake Mead's level Friday at noon " 1,042.52 feet. Lake Mead is the nation's largest reservoir, but it's currently at 27 percent capacity.

The latest projections

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation's 24-month study, which is updated monthly, published "most probable" lake levels through June 2028, when Lake Mead is expected to be at 1,009.69 feet. That represents a drop of nearly 33 feet over the next two years. When the lake is at "full pool," the lake's surface is at 1,229 feet. ...

Lake Powell, the second largest reservoir, is currently at 24 percent capacity. The federal government has consistently prioritized keeping Powell at levels that protect Glen Canyon Dam's ability to produce hydroelectricity. To do so, the reservoir's target level has been established as 3,525 feet. But Lake Powell is currently at 3,524.03 feet right now. ...

#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-18 03:03 PM | Reply

The same liberal terrorists who damaged the reflecting pool are draining the water from Lake Mead to perpetuate the Global Warming hoax.
--Visitor_, probably

#2 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-07-18 03:17 PM | Reply

Why doesn't Lewzer just open his giant faucet and fill it back up?

#3 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-07-18 03:31 PM | Reply

"150 percent Colorado Rockies snow pack for 5 consecutive years, or God himself."

Lots of Colorado residents gonna get hung up on that "or."

I'd be happier with this news if they found certain dead bodies washed up on the shore.

Maybe after unfortunate falls.

#4 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-07-18 04:14 PM | Reply

Isn't this also the region of the country that has the most new homes and surveillance data centers being built?

I mean, we've only known they didn't have enough water there since Jack Nicholson starred in Chinatown...

Or was that whole thing another one of Al Gore's hoaxes?

#5 | Posted by snoofy at 2026-07-18 04:42 PM | Reply

H2O
Seems so simple.

#6 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-07-18 06:18 PM | Reply