The water will flow through the pipeline to the Las Vegas area, about 30 miles away. The region had about 126,000 residents when it began drawing water from Lake Mead in 1971.

Many valley residents may be familiar with Lake Las Vegas in east Henderson surrounded by resorts and luxury housing, but fewer are likely to know where the man-made lake gets its water. It turns ...

May is usually one of the driest months in the valley. Las Vegas officials report rare water surge into iconic lake after record rainfall — here's why this matters first appeared on The Cool Down.

Las Vegas' Lake Mead's devastating water loss can be seen in new satellite images released by NASA. The country's largest reservoir provides water for millions of people.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - The community of Lake Las Vegas is pushing back. Record rainfall this past monsoon season pushed tons of trash through valley washes and into the lake.

The 320-acre privately owned Lake Las Vegas in Henderson offers no direct public access to the water, and its beaches are owned by community residents, the lake’s resorts and businesses such as ...

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.

- The Lake Mead reservoir formed by the Hoover Dam on the Nevada-Arizona border provides water to the Southwest, including nearby Las Vegas as well as Arizona and California, but has remained ...

Without Lake Mead, Las Vegas would lose access to 90 percent of its water sources. If Lake Mead were to reach dead pool, it would technically still be able to supply drinking water to Las Vegas.

Known as the Las Vegas Wash, the water running through this channel is a crucial part of how Nevada has managed to keep its net Colorado River use below its allocation, despite booming population ...

The Lake Las Vegas Rowing Club is beating the heat, ... some are taking to the water to cool off. Channel 13's Isabella Martin has more. By: Isabella Martin. Posted . and last updated.