Lake Mead, April 2010, by John Fleck
The surface of Lake Mead is at 1094.30 feet above sea level, the lowest June 1 reading since 1937, when it was first being filled. All I can say is it could be worse. That’s six inches higher than the forecast in the most recent 24-Month Study, the planning document used by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to offer its best estimate of lake levels over the next two years.
The even better news, if you could call it that, is that the current 24-Month Study calls for the reservoir to bottom out at 1084.21 feet in fall 2010, which means it will not drop below the level of 1083.57, the previous post-fill low, a mark set during the drought of the 1950s.
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