While some major reservoirs show year-over-year improvement, a few are trailing behind 2024 levels. Lake Shasta, California's largest reservoir, is at 95 percent capacity, which is the same level ...

Lake Powell is a linchpin of the western U.S. water and energy systems, storing up to approximately 24 million acre-feet of ...

Lake Shasta is at 106% capacity for the third consecutive year due to abundant rainfall. Local businesses, including Lake ...

California’s second-largest reservoir reached full capacity for the third year in a row Thursday, the first time it’s hit such a record in its 57-year history. Lake Oroville, located about 80 ...

Lake Shasta, California's largest reservoir, is nearing full capacity for the third consecutive year, ... At the beginning of 2022, Lake Shasta's water level sat at just 913.5 feet.

After several wet winters soaked California, the state’s largest reservoir is nearly overflowing for the third year in a row. Shasta Lake can hold about 1.5 trillion gallons of water, which can ...

Researchers show how satellite imaging can help protect public health from the scourge of toxic algae by augmenting standard sampling methods.

Neighboring Lake Powell, the second-largest reservoir in the U.S., is seeing similar patterns. Lake Mead and Lake Powell will likely never refill to previously normal levels, John Berggren, a ...