(Natural News) America’s largest reservoir is drying up fast, which could make states like Nevada, Arizona and California, and parts of Mexico, no longer livable in the not-too-distant future. Lake Mead, which generates just under 40 percent of Las Vegas’ power supply via the Hoover Dam, currently sits at just under 1,044 feet. It is less […]

(Natural News) Water levels in Lake Mead reached historic lows this week, with a measurement of 1,044.03 feet marking its lowest reading since the lake was first filled 150 years ago. This places the country’s biggest reservoir in the worrying position of approaching “dead pool” status, which occurs when the reservoir becomes so low that […]

(Natural News) The massive, unchecked demand for water in the Colorado River system is becoming a threat to the livelihood of locals living near the beautiful Green River in Utah. The seven-mile stretch is a beautiful, serene place for fly fishers. “I’ve guided in New Zealand, Chile, Argentina, Alaska,” said Gordon Tharrett, describing his 30-year […]

(Natural News) Colorado River reservoirs are now at very low levels, to the point that major water cutbacks are necessary to reduce the risk of supplies reaching perilously low levels. During a Senate hearing in Washington, Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Calimlim Touton said federal officials believe that protecting “critical levels” at Lake Mead and Lake […]

(Natural News) The amount of water in the Colorado River’s reservoirs has declined to catastrophically low levels that a top federal water official believes it will be necessary to make major water cuts next year. Camille Calimlim Touton, commissioner of the Department of the Interior‘s Bureau of Reclamation warned the Senate during a hearing that federal officials […]

(Natural News) California is in the middle of its worst drought in recorded history, resulting in mandatory water rationing for millions of people in the state. Nearly all of California is experiencing either a severe, extreme or exceptional drought. Freak weather patterns left the state with very little rainfall from January to March, when California typically […]

(Natural News) All across California, residents are being told to scrimp and save water because of historic drought conditions. Meanwhile, state officials are dumping freshwater into the ocean while intentionally depriving rice farmers of the water they need to grow food. Colusa County in Northern California is the top producer of rice in the Sacramento […]

(Natural News) An opportunity to generate more much-needed drinking water in the state of California is gone after the California Coastal Commission (CCC) voted unanimously to reject the project. Gov. Gavin Newsom supported the $1.4 billion project, which would have provided a partial solution for the state’s ongoing water shortage and drought problems. It was […]

(Natural News) Despite being in the middle of one of the driest stretches on record, California’s water use jumped dramatically in March as homeowners started watering their lawns in defiance of Governor Gavin Newsom’s pleas for conservation. Last summer, Newsom asked residents to voluntarily cut water use by 15 percent compared to 2020 as drought […]

(Natural News) Two of the largest reservoirs in California have critically low water levels as the ongoing drought is expected to make the upcoming summer an even dryer one for the state. The report comes from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s U.S. Drought Monitor, which noted that the water levels in Shasta Lake and Lake Oroville in northern […]