Lake Mead Conservation
Lake Mead Conservation
For more than a decade, CAP and its water users have been holding water back in Lake Mead. First, this effort was voluntary and then volumes became mandatory as the Colorado River entered shortage in 2020.
View the latest water accounting on our Colorado River Conditions Dashboard. Scroll to the end to see a chart showing Arizona’s Lake Mead Drought Contingency Plan contributions and conservation since 2008 and a table summarizing Arizona’s DCP contributions and other conservation efforts under DCP.
