Lake Mead, reservoir of Hoover Dam, one of the largest constructed lakes in the world, on the Arizona-Nevada border east of Las Vegas. Lake Mead supplies drinking water for about 25 million people. Since 1999 an extended drought and increasing water demands caused an unprecedented drop in lake levels. More @Wikipedia
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