This is possible, according to a new study by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography: "There is a 50 percent chance Lake Mead . . . will be dry by 2021 if climate changes as expected and future water usage is not curtailed . . . there is a 10 percent chance that Lake Mead could be dry by 2014 . . . there is a 50 percent chance that reservoir levels will drop too low to allow hydroelectric power generation by 2017."
Lake Mead to Dry Up in 13 Years?
This is possible, according to a new study by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography: "There is a 50 percent chance Lake Mead . . . will be dry by 2021 if climate changes as expected and future water usage is not curtailed . . . there is a 10 percent chance that Lake Mead could be dry by 2014 . . . there is a 50 percent chance that reservoir levels will drop too low to allow hydroelectric power generation by 2017."