Kevin Whitsitt

Click on the link below for more... https://www.trustthelink.com/why-is-the-us-so-dry-2-solutions/ Lately, I've been curious about the water situation in the western U.S. This megadrought.   It's drying up lake Mead which is the largest reservoir in the U.S. A reservoir is human created lake (not natural) usually due to a damn on a river.  Lake Mead is at its lowest level since 1937 when the reservoir was first filled. If it gets too low then it doesn't generate electricity and no drinking water.    What the western U.S. is experiencing is a mega-drought and it's different than a normal drought. A normal drought is a dry spell, but then it gets wet again. With a megadrought it just stays dry without the wetness and this region has been experiencing this since the year 2000.    A drought is caused by 3 things. Lack of snowpack  Lack of soil moisture  High temperatures   What happens is snow falls on mountains in the winter. If not a lot of snowpack is form