Lake Mead, which is located east of Las Vegas, is reaching record low levels of water, and the situation is only expected to worsen in the approaching summer months.
Lake Mead, which is east of Las Vegas, has reached milestone low levels of water to due drought conditions in the western U.S.
In the 78 years since the dam was filled in May 1937, the water line has not dipped below 1,080.18 feet above sea level until recently.
On Tuesday, it reached 1,079.76 feet which means the lake is at just 38 percent of its holding capacity.
These falling levels could affect the mi