Lake Mead plummets to historic low water level as Colorado River struggles

The Guardian reports that Lake Mead—the largest reservoir in the United States—has plummeted to its lowest water level since it was filled roughly ninety years ago. The Arizona-Nevada border reservoir dipped to one thousand forty point four feet above sea level on Friday, barely below the previous record set on July twenty-eighth, twenty twenty-two. The decline signals a deepening water crisis in the American west as the Colorado River struggles.

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