At 6.782 million acre feet, that's the lowest since 1992, before the Central Arizona Project was completed — the last big straw sucking water
out of Lake Mead.
The federal Bureau of Reclamation, which controlled the water coming
out of Lake Mead, might let the Las Vegas Valley take more, but not while the valley's utilities remained as disorganized as they were.
Not exact matches
According to the U.S. National Park Service and the Bureau
of Reclamation, the amount
of water flowing
out of and evaporating from
Lake Mead in recent years has consistently exceeded the amount
of water flowing in.