'It's most important to keep an eye on the change year over year for both Lakes Mead and Powell,' a water expert told Newsweek.
Lake Mead's water levels appear to be trending down again as summer comes to a close.As of October 6, the reservoir's water levels stood at 1,065.71 feet. This is a slight downturn from the middle of September when levels stood at 1066.46 feet.Lake Mead borders Arizona and Nevada and is the largest man-made lake in the U.S. It is an integral water source and provides water for around 25 million people living in the Colorado River Basin.
The reservoir has seen recent seasonal rains from Hurricane Hilary; however, most of this water replenishment comes from snowmelt in the upper Colorado basin, which has been above average this year.'Lake Mead levels are up since March, which is a good thing,' Tom Corringham, a research economist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego previously told Newsweek. 'Most of the water in the Colorado River is from the upper basin.
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