The 100-Year-Old ‘Political Scheme’ Behind the Lake Mead Disaster | Facts Matter

Lake Mead is the largest water reservoir in the United States. Not only is it just big, but it’s also quite old as well. It was formed about a hundred years ago, back in the 1930s, due to the construction of the Hoover Dam: when the Hoover Dam was put up on the Colorado River, Lake Mead was formed behind the dam. In fact, Lake ...