Talk:Lake Mead

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Does anyone have info on how much water is lost to evaporation from Lake Mead? Burtonpe 05:20, 5 December 2006 (UTC) Insertformulahere

[1] has a calculator that will give a rough idea. I can't tell exactly from the map what the evaporation rate for that area is, but it looks like about 100"/year.Bunthorne 23:49, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] needs something about drought

I have read it has fallen 60 feet but could not find its new area. In 2003 it was two-thirds full, I don't think it has gotten better. Anyone know?

I've found some information on current levels (as well as historical levels for Lake Mead). Lake Mead was at 51% of capacity as of October 31, 2006.

The page http://www.hprcc.unl.edu/nebraska/Lake-Mead-2006.html contains a lot of useful information, as well as links to some government commissioned studies

Hope it helps

A large rock 21:17, 27 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What about the massive issues about this lake?

I was told about future problems for Nevada and other states using the lake because of depletion? Is anyone working on this or was I told false information? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.60.19.2 (talk) 23:34, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

No, this problem is pretty real. I'll see if I can add information about this issue at some point, but someone else can preempt me. 58.69.4.152 00:42, 23 October 2007 (UTC)