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Further, yasmin, lake mead is the reservoir that was formed by hoover dam that's on the other side of that cliff. you can see with the call the bathtub ring. that would be if the lake was totally full. it would be at the top of that. we are 200 feet below that. where i'm standing, it used to be underwater, a couple of months ago. we got out of the water, yesterday, be assured there still is plenty of water. a lot of the problems come in downstream. 400 miles downstream in arizona where we spoke with nancy haywood, a third generation farmer. their water allocation is way down. all they can grow...

And water to western states. where i'm standing here, not long ago, it was underwater. if you look behind me, you can see what they call the bathtub ring. it represents where the lake would be if it was full. it hasn't been for where it hasn't been for many years. return to feet below that. the marina behind me, every time the lakers down a few feet, they have to physically move it. they've had to do it multiple times this year. there's still a vast amount of lake left. people are voting here today. it's fine as far as that goes. but as for the farmers, we talked with nancy haywood, she's in c...

27% full. the bathtub ring now is higher than the statue of liberty. just flashing red lights of warning for the 40 million people who fdepend on this wate system to survive. after the new round of cuts were announced, they were agreed upon among the states but the states were hoping that the federal government would come in and sort of be the bad cop in the situation and lay down some tough new restrictions that everyone would have to adjust to. that didn't happen. the politics in the united states these days are very complicated. and nobody wants to shut off somebody's water these days unles...

As of Friday, the water in Lake Mead, formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River, was around 1,042.3 feet above sea level, a decline of more than 43 feet from 1,085.95 feet by the end of January 2021.

A climate change induced mega drought and lake mead and lake powell, lifelines for tens of millions of people, are in danger of drying up. cnn's rene marsh visited lake powell and found state and federal officials taking drastic measures to keep the water flowing, and the lights on. >> reporter: this is lake powell -- the country's second largest reservoir and it is drying up. satellite images and cnn video from 2015, versus now, shows just how much water has vanished. piles of rock also tell the story. >> this rain we see on the canyon walls, they call it the bathtub ring. that's where the wa...