Hoover Dam Water Level Before And After
This is interesting to me because i visited the hoover dam in june.
Hoover dam water level before and after. In 2011 congress enacted legislation extending the current contracts until 2067 after setting aside 5 of hoover dam s power for sale to native american tribes electric cooperatives and other entities. For decades it was the largest manmade lake in the united states. The massive body of water was created in 1936 after the construction of the hoover dam on the colorado river. The river and its tributaries the green the gunnison the san juan the virgin the little colorado and the gila rivers are called the colorado river basin.
Water levels rising for lake powell lake mead duration. The previous low of 1 075 08 feet 327 68 meters was set in late june 2015. In this before and after composite image top boats are moored at. Sunday april 12 2020 6 00 00 pm level is 131 51 feet below full pool of 1 229 00.
The new arrangement began on october 1 2017. 2019 hoover dam and lake mead water level duration. As severe drought grips parts of the western united states lake mead which was once the largest reservoir in the nation has seen its surface elevation drop below 1 080. Lake mead water level including historical chart.
People take photos near hoover dam with the low water levels of lake mead on the nevada and arizona border april 11 2015. Dobrinich channel 3 688 views. The colorado river rises in the snowcapped mountains of north central colorado and zigzags southwest for more than 1 400 miles before reaching the gulf of california. I ve been watching information the past few years of how lake mead s water storage is slowly dropping to critically low levels.
On may 25 2016 the surface level of lake mead at the hoover dam stood at 1 074 03 feet 327 36 meters above sea level. Lake mead was filled to full capacity 1 220 feet above sea level a few years after the dam was built. A tall bleached bathtub ring is visible behind the hoover dam on may 12 2015 in lake mead national recreation area arizona.