Lake Mead Expected to Drop Nearly 33 Feet by June 2028
A critical year is ahead for the nation's two largest reservoirs, with no relief after a record-low snowpack and a continuing drought.
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Photo cutline: "A fisherman tries his luck in the receding waters at Lake Powell." Headline/dek: "Total water stored in Lake Mead drops to levels last seen before Lake Powell even existed" Photographer: Francisco Kjolseth / @sltrib.com[image or embed] -- Bill Grueskin (@bgrueskin.bsky.social) 8:23 AM · Jul 17, 2026
Photo cutline: "A fisherman tries his luck in the receding waters at Lake Powell." Headline/dek: "Total water stored in Lake Mead drops to levels last seen before Lake Powell even existed" Photographer: Francisco Kjolseth / @sltrib.com[image or embed]
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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. ...
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
Hydrogen Dioxide is a deadly poison
#7 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-07-19 02:34 AM | Reply
Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-07-19 02:34 AM | Reply
Are you sure that you aren't referring to Hydrogen monoxide? Just curious
#8 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2026-07-19 03:26 AM | Reply
Or dihydrogen monoxide?
#9 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-07-19 03:30 AM | Reply
This
#10 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2026-07-19 03:45 AM | Reply
Apparently it's a slow night. :-)
#11 | Posted by REDIAL at 2026-07-19 03:48 AM | Reply
Posted by REDIAL at 2026-07-19 03:48 AM | Reply
Yeppers.:-)
#12 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2026-07-19 03:49 AM | Reply
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The overlap is striking. Many of the states leading the AI infrastructure boom -- including Utah, Arizona and Nevada -- are also home to some of the country's most water-stressed areas.
As companies race to build new data centers to support AI development, questions are mounting about how a water-intensive industry fits into regions already struggling with long-term water shortages. ...
#13 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-07-19 12:05 PM | Reply
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