An $86.7 million purification plant could see 56,000 acre-feet of Colorado River water left behind Lake Mead over the next decade.

The Trump administration’s pause on grants in January and early February was seen in Lake Mead: Water levels dropped after one Native tribe’s funding for water conservation dried up.

President Donald Trump’s first month in office has worried federal and state officials alike tasked with overseeing the West’s all-important water supply.

The Trump administration’s pause on grants in January and early February was seen in Lake Mead: Water levels dropped after one Native tribe’s funding for water conservation dried up.