Tribal leaders and officials in the West have lauded the Gila River Indian Community's efforts. Two of the four intake towers in the reservoir of Lake Mead at the Hoover Dam in Boulder City, Nevada, ...

The federal government laid out a pair of options Tuesday to drastically cut water use along the Colorado River and keep Lake Mead and Lake Powell from crashing any further in the coming years.

Lake Mead, the source of almost 90 percent of Southern Nevada’s water, is expected to near 2022’s historic low by the end of 2025, this month’s Bureau of Reclamation projection shows.

Newsweek reached out to the Interior Department for comment on Thursday. Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the United ...