The chart shows a significant jump in the ... Current U.S. Bureau of Reclamation projections estimate that this year, Lake Powell water levels will begin rising in April and peak in June.

Latest estimates place the Upper Colorado River Basin snowpack at just 83 percent of the historic median for this time of year.

At least a million recreationists a year get to the ... and excess demand for water will eventually drain Lake Powell into a hiker's paradise. "Very soon the level is going to be so low that ...