As Nevada's Lake Mead dries up more surprises emerge

A record low water level has been recorded in Lake Mead, a reservoir that provides 350,000 households with energy,

as well as 25 million people with irrigation and drinking water.

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Megadrought brought on by climate change and rising water demands in the Southwestern United States

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are the causes of the falling water levels. There are growing concerns that Lake Mead

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might eventually become a "dead pool" because of water levels that are too low to allow

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water to flow from neighbouring Hoover Dam downstream.

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The biggest man-made reservoir in North America, Lake Mead, has seen its water level

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decrease to around 1,044 feet above sea level, according to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation.

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Since Lake Mead was filled in 1937 with the building of the Hoover Dam, the water level has never been lower.

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