Lake Mead rose 3 feet above projections in December after California rains, offering brief relief amid a water crisis.

At a key meeting to discuss the river's future management, federal officials lay out tools for dealing with falling reservoir levels.

After a brief reprieve in 2023 and early 2024, a long-simmering water crisis in the West is back with a vengeance amid ebbing water reservoirs, drought and wildfire risks. In fact, according to a ...

Amid severe drought and ongoing, tense negotiations over the future of the Colorado River, federal officials are predicting that Lake Mead will see its lowest water levels ever within the next two ...

"Currently, the water-in-storage situation for the Colorado River system is not good," one expert told Newsweek.

It isn’t all about drinking water or irrigating crops: A new, meager water supply forecast is making waves along the Colorado River’s multibillion-dollar recreation industry, too. Following the ...

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — Unsurprisingly, Lake Mead was filled with people enjoying Labor Day on the water. Both local and from out of town, like Mike Tretinjak who lives in California now but has come to ...

The man-made basin serves water to about 20 million residents in the west. — -- The water levels in Lake Mead, the man-made reservoir that serves about 20 million residents in Nevada, Arizona and ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - Plenty of people made their way to Lake Mead to make a splash for the Fourth of July holiday. Folks like Gene Whitmer were ready to have a good time. “This is my life right ...