The Bathtub Ring: Implications of Low Water Levels in Lake Mead on Water Supply, Hydropower, Recreation, and the Environment

This Master’s thesis project strives to support Basin decision-makers by providing qualitative and quantitative frameworks on implications of low water levels for water supply vulnerability, hydropower generation, Lake Mead’s recreation industry, and the ecology of the Lower Colorado River corridor. Specifically, the project explores the impacts to each stakeholder group if Lake Mead reaches each key elevation outlined in the Interim Guidelines, as well as 1,000’.