The drought-stricken body of water has dropped to its lowest level since April 1937, when it was still filling to capacity post-completion of the Hoover Dam.
of the Hoover Dam, which was built between 1931 and 1935. And slowly, the river became a reservoir—filling to capacity over the course of years.
, when the surface water level became higher than the elevation of the Hoover Dam’s upper outlet, which allows the dam to release water into the Lower Colorado River. Until this summer, Lake Mead hadn’t fallen below that threshold since it was first crossed. But the dam’s upper outlet sits at 1,045 feet above sea level,
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