Is there much long term hope for Mead? I can't believe how much the lake has dropped from my first visit there to my last.
The tour of the interior of the dam is really neat for anybody who's never done it.
'The lake has remained below full capacity since 1983 due to
drought and increased water demand.
[2][3][4] As of April 2020, Lake Mead held 42.97% of full capacity with 11.3 million acre feet (1.39×1013 L), up from 10.4 million acre feet (1.28×1013 L) in 2019 and the low of 9.8 million acre feet (1.21×1013 L) in 2016.
[5][6] It has been smaller than
Lake Powell (the second largest US reservoir when both are full) since 2013'