Download - Lake Powell Drought in Arizona
Lake Powell is a reservoir on the border of Utah and Arizona, formed from the Colorado River by the Glen Canyon Dam.
Severe drought conditions and unsustainable withdrawals have lowered the levels of Lake Powell to about 42 percent of its capacity. The reservoir provides water for millions of people across several western states.
The U.S. Department of the Interior forecasts similar levels for next year, with an unpredictable impact from snowpack accumulation, which was very low this year. Ahead of the United Nations Climate Conference in Paris this December.
Huge areas of dry ground, which would be underwater if the lake was full, at Lake Powell, near Page, Arizona, on May 26, 2015.
Sandstone sculpted by water and wind erosion is seen in a slot canyon, one of hundreds that surround Lake Powell, on May 26, 2015.
The Glen Canyon Dam holds back the Colorado River, creating Lake Powell, near Page, Arizona, on May 26, 2015.
A powerboat moves through a canyon at Lake Powell on May 26, 2015, with the high-water mark visible above it.
A powerboat cruises, with Phoebe the dog on the bow, through a cut below Castle Rock in Lake Powell on May 25, 2015.
Another photo of Sandstone sculpted by water and wind erosion in a slot canyon near Page, Arizona, on May 26, 2015.
A houseboat is tied up on shore as two jet skis approach below Gunsight Butte in Lake Powell on May 26, 2015.