Like Boulder City, Lake Mead is another direct result of the Hoover Dam. The dam was built to control the water of the Colorado River and the lake provides storage of the diverted and blocked water.

A new study places Las Vegas on a list of 25 cities that are sinking farther into the ground every year. But it doesn’t rank ...

May is usually one of the driest months in the valley. Las Vegas officials report rare water surge into iconic lake after ...

Among the sunken ships and undiscovered bodies at Lake Mead lies a boatload of rich history at one of the nation’s most popular recreation areas. Here is a list of facts you may not know about ...

In 1947, Boulder Dam Recreation Area was renamed to Lake ... designing a two-stage water system to treat water from Lake Mead for Las Vegas residents. Lake elevation went from 1165 feet in January ...

With reduced supply, Lake Mead’s elevation is dwindling. At the end of May, the reservoir sat at just 1,057 feet above sea ...

nearby cities like Las Vegas could be in trouble. Lake Mead is the largest man-made reservoir in the U.S., spread between Nevada and Arizona on the Colorado River. It is formed by the Hoover Dam ...

As summer break kicks off and temperatures begin to climb past the 100-degree mark, Lake Mead is once again becoming the ...

which means the last time there was measurable rainfall in Las Vegas was in July. A stock photo of Lake Mead at the Hoover Dam. A stock photo of Lake Mead at the Hoover Dam. bloodua/Getty As of ...

If Lake Mead were to fall below its "dead pool" level of 895 feet, Hoover Dam would be unable to release water downriver to California, Arizona, and Mexico, according to the Las Vegas Review ...

Lake Mead, about 40 miles east of Las Vegas, is the largest man-made reservoir in the United States, having been formed by the construction of the Hoover Dam in the 1930s. About 25 million people ...