With the country's biggest reservoirs at historic lows, some leaders look upstream for replenishment
The Blue Mesa, Flaming Gorge and Navajo reservoirs are smaller lakes, but more full than Mead and Powell.
Blue Mesa
Flaming Gorge
Navajo
50% of
0.8 maf
82% of
3.7 million acre-feet
60%
of 1.6 maf
Lake Powell
26% of 23.3 maf
UPPER BASIN
LOWER BASIN
Lake Mead
34% of 26.1 maf
Blue Mesa
Flaming Gorge
82% of
3.7 million acre-feet
50%
of 0.8 maf
Navajo
60% of 1.6 maf
Lake Powell
26% of 23.3 maf
UPPER BASIN
LOWER BASIN
Lake Mead
34% of 26.1 maf
Blue Mesa
Flaming Gorge
Navajo
50%
of 0.8 maf
82% of
3.7 million acre-feet
60% of 1.6 maf
UPPER BASIN
LOWER BASIN
Lake Powell
26% of 23.3 maf
Lake Mead
34% of 26.1 maf
