New York Times: Nation’s Largest Reservoirs Are Drying Up, Threatening Life in the Southwest

Scott Dance and Mira Rojanasakul, New York Times
Photo Credit: John Locher, Associated Press

Lakes Powell and Mead, the nation’s largest reservoirs, are drying up, sending a Colorado River system that provides water and electricity for millions of people into a state of crisis with no end in sight.

Water levels in Lake Powell, along the Utah-Arizona border, fell to a record low on Saturday. Lake Mead, the larger of the two and farthest downstream on the Colorado River, dropped to its lowest recorded point a week earlier.