BOULDER CITY, Nev.—At Lake Mead’s Callville Bay Marina, exposed-rock bluffs now rise above the shoreline where the lake once covered the land.
A brown-and-white sign marks a vanished 2000 shoreline—and the beginning of a decades-long regional megadrought.
Farther downslope, the marina and boat slips come into view, but reaching them on foot requires a hike through 100-degree heat.
The drought has transformed the man-made lake into a shrunken version of itself, with no end in sight. The falling water level threatens supplies and hydroelectric power for millions and has forced some boat ramps to close.
“It’s getting pretty scary. You know, the water’s dropping to a level where they can’t keep up with marking the hazards,” a marina employee told The Epoch Times, requesting anonymity….