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Lake Mead Getting Water Boost In May: Over 3X Nevada’s Yearly Use

Author Shawn Tempesta

When you see the words “water” and “Lake Mead” in a headline, it’s usually going to be depressing. Drought, dead bodies, previously sunken speedboats sticking out of the lake bed. Well fear not, this story is a positive Lake Mead water story! Behold!

You may have heard of the recent “High Flow Experiment” that just took place. It brought a rush of water from Lake Powell down the Colorado River. It was to help rebuild sand bars and beaches along the river, often used by visitors. The side effect is it helped Lake Mead rise over two feet. Score! Well… turns out the extra snowpack along the Upper Colorado river basin is coming in handy.

Lake Mead is getting an added deluge of water

The U.S. Bureau Of Reclamation, citing the incredibly high snowfall totals, said they are increasing the water releases from Glen Canyon Dam (which holds back Lake Powell) considerably.

All told, 1,088,000 acre feet will be sent down the river in May, with a total of 2,500,000 additional acre feet coming by the end of September. To put that amount in perspective, that 2.5 million million acre feet is over eight times more water than Nevada receives from Lake Mead every year. The amount is substantial!

Does this solve our water worries? Unfortunately not. Decades of drought have left Lake Mead at 29 percent full, Lake Powell even less at 24 percent full. But with the potential of more cloud seeding helping super charge storms and creating more snowpack, along with major conservation efforts from surrounding states, there is a chance that we could see a return to a healthy Colorado River. Lake Shasta in California went from 33 percent full in October to complete full today due to the incredible snow totals. Hope and a plan is all we can have.

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Shawn Tempesta is the co-host of Aimee+Shawn on 102.7 VGS in Las Vegas, Nevada. He is also an Emmy award nominated television host. As a content creator for 102.7 VGS, Shawn writes about current events, education, funny and trending stories.

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