As Lake Powell and Lake Mead near critical elevations, federal planners face narrowing operational options that could reshape ...

Rising water temperatures across the Colorado River and its reservoirs are creating new challenges for water treatment ...

Walkers can step back into Hoover Dam history while getting some of their daily steps in Boulder City. The town, about a half-hour south of Las Vegas, helped build Hoover Dam. A self-guided walking ...

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — September 11, 1936 was an electrifying date for Southern Nevada. On this day Hoover Dam began generating power to the area. Lake Mead began filling with water in February of 1935, ...

Hydropower output at Hoover Dam is down by about half since 2000. Lakes Mead and Powell are approaching critical thresholds below which hydropower generation would be severely curtailed or cease.

The Hoover Dam just turned 90 years old this year (it was completed on May 29, 1935). The mega-project is more than symbolic: its powerful turbines produce clean, renewable electricity that has been ...