Lake Mead inches from new record four years after historic low

Timeline shows how lakes Powell, Mead hit lowest combined level

"This is a significant moment in the evolving Colorado River water supply crisis," the authors of a recent report wrote.

Lake Mead inches from new record four years after historic low

Lake Mead’s water level is just inches away from a new record on the four-year anniversary of its current record low.

Colorado River's two big lakes drop to lowest water levels on record

Lakes Mead and Powell are storing barely more water today than Lake Mead alone did in 1957 — at a time when construction on the dam that would create Lake Powell had barely started.

Western water reservoirs fall to record low levels

Lake Mead and Lake Powell, the country’s two largest reservoirs, have fallen to their lowest combined levels on record.