Lake Mead

Drought has dropped the water level of Lake Mead on the Colorado River in southern Nevada and northern Arizona so much that Las Vegas' uppermost water intake ...

Drought has dropped the water level of Lake Mead on the Colorado River in southern Nevada and northern Arizona so much that Las Vegas’ uppermost water intake became visible last week. LAS VEGAS (AP) — The body found inside a barrel on the newly exposed bottom of Lake Mead after the lake’s level was depleted amid drought is that of a man who was shot, police said Tuesday. The barrel was found Sunday in the Lake Mead National Recreational Area by boaters who informed authorities.

Las Vegas police believe a body found inside a barrel on the newly exposed bottom of Lake Mead is that of a man who had been shot.

LAS VEGAS -- The body found inside a barrel on the newly exposed bottom of Lake Mead after the lake's level was depleted amid drought is that of a man who was shot, police said Tuesday. Las Vegas police believe a body found inside a barrel on the newly exposed bottom of Lake Mead is that of a man who had been shot Cops: Body in barrel in Lake Mead was man who had been shot

'We believe this is a homicide as a result of a gunshot wound,' Las Vegas Police Lt. Ray Spencer said of remains revealed by receding Lake Mead.

In the decades since, the lake has been depleted by rising temperatures and smaller snowpacks. “Since 2000, snowfall and runoff into the basin have been well below normal. Skeleton in barrel revealed by receding waters of Lake Mead are of a gunshot victim, police say

Water levels at the Nevada reservoir have depleted to such a level that officials predict more grim finds in the future.

Boaters spotted the barrel Sunday afternoon. The drought-stricken lake’s level has dropped so much that a water intake became visible last week. The Clark county coroner’s office will try to determine the person’s identity.

Boaters saw the barrel Sunday and the National Park Service was alerted. The Clark County coroner's office will determine the person's identity.

They are working with Las Vegas police. LAS VEGAS — Authorities say a barrel carrying human remains was discovered in Lake Mead. Barrel containing human remains discovered in Lake Mead under investigation

A barrel containing decomposing human remains was discovered by boaters at Lake Mead in Nevada, authorities said Monday.

“My husband walked over and found the body. “We were docking our boat to go home and heard a woman scream,” witness Shawna Hollister told the station. The drought-starved Lake Mead — created by the construction of the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River — is the country’s largest manmade reservoir and has more than 750 miles of shoreline in Nevada and Arizona, according to the National Park Service.

The plummeting water level of Lake Mead revealed a body in a barrel over the weekend. Officials say the person was likely killed in the 1980s.

That triggered water consumption cuts for states in the Southwest beginning in January. for the first time. -- about 160 feet below its 2000 level, when it was last considered full.

The person was likely killed in the 1980s based on items found in the barrel, Las Vegas police said.

“Most of the body was fully intact, and we have recovered the entire body,” Spencer said. The worsening megadrought is causing water districts to restrict usage. He did not give further details about the person’s identity or how the remains ended up in a barrel at the bottom of Lake Mead. Last month, water levels at Lake Mead dropped so low that an original water valve not seen since 1971 was exposed. “I would say there is a very good chance as the water level drops that we are going to find additional human remains.” The levels are so shallow that a barrel containing skeletal remains was found Sunday immersed in mud, reports KLAS-TV in Las Vegas.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A massive drought-starved reservoir on the Colorado River has become so depleted that Las Vegas now is pumping water from deeper within ...

It points to water conservation efforts that it says since 2002 have cut regional consumption of Colorado River water by 26% while the area population has increased 49%. “Without the third intake, Southern Nevada would be shutting its doors,” said Pat Mulroy, former longtime chief of the Las Vegas-based water authority, who is now a consultant. Drilling began in 2014, amid projections that the lake level would continue to fall due to drought. On Friday, the level was 1,055 feet (321.6 meters) _ about 30% full. The water is not there,” Metropolitan Water District of Southern California spokesperson Rebecca Kimitch said this week. “While this emphasizes the seriousness of the drought conditions, we have been preparing for this for more than a decade,” said Bronson Mack, water authority spokesman.

Boaters discovered a body Sunday on the shore at Lake Mead, sources told the 8 News Now I-Team.

LAS VEGAS — A body inside a barrel was found over the weekend on the the newly exposed bottom of Nevada's Lake Mead as drought depletes one of the largest ...

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