Man-made lakes that supply water to millions could reach historic lows.
The water level in the reservoir, which supplies drinking water to millions of people in California, Arizona, Nevada, and part of
, was measured at its lowest level since the lake was created with the damming of the Colorado River in 1935, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation told ABC News.Low water levels due to drought are seen in the Hoover Dam reservoir of Lake Mead near Las Vegas, June 9, 2021. On Thursday morning, the surface elevation of Lake Mead along the Nevada-Arizona border dipped to 1,071.48 feet, data from the
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