Las Vegas has now gone 212 days without rain, and all of Clark County is under either extreme or exceptional drought, but water levels at Lake Mead keep rising. Newsweek reached out to the National ...

This year's storms won't erase looming drought worries across the entire southwestern U.S., experts fear. Of particular ...

The dam also regulates water flow to prevent flooding and ensure a reliable water supply for agricultural and urban use. Learning about the inner workings of the Hoover Dam gives you a deeper ...

High Scalers drill into the canyon wall 500 feet above the Colorado River in Black Canyon at the Hoover Dam site ... Among them: that clean water and flush toilets be provided, that ice water ...

If you're planning things to do in Las Vegas, you may be considering a day trip to the Hoover Dam – the National Historic Landmark that diverts water from the Colorado River to various corners ...

To add to their humiliation, they were forced to drink from separate water buckets while on the job site. The construction of Hoover Dam was proof of human progress on many levels. Progress on ...

Roosevelt visited in 1935, but spoke to dedicate Hoover Dam outside Boulder City ... was prescient given today’s concerns over water levels at Lake Mead, the main source of water for Las ...

plus a tunnel drilled in the 1930s and a platform that sits on top of a 30-foot-wide water pipe. Both on-site guided tours include stops inside the power plant, but only the Hoover Dam Tour offers ...