down river at the end of the arizona border where the river flows into lake mead, the largest reservoir in the nation which 25 million depend for water. has it ever been this low? it hasn t, since 1937. we are estimating the basin to be in the first ever shortage condition in history. reporter: lake mead is 133 feet below capacity and has shed a mind-boggling 5.5 trillion gallons of water in the last 20 years. those low water levels mean power generation at the hoover dam is down 25%. no one can tell with any certainty, but we can all hope that the future will be wetter. reporter: for his part, atkin is hoping for a wet monsoon season this summer to replenish his dry pond. we expect more water in one
signs of life. until some of his cows came into view. but just some. because there s not enough water out here to sustain them all. i ve relocated 80% already. i ve sold some of them. atkin s water woes aren t his alone. take a look at this u.s. drought monitor map, the darker the color, the worst the drought. atkin s ranch lies deep within that crimson red. we have about 200 reservoirs and they re all dry. like dry? we ve never had a drought in every one of them and we ve never had that in the years. at kin s reservation is in the colorado river basin which is primarily fed by snow mack pack snow pack of the rocky mountains. the basin is now in its 22nd year of drought. this is clearly evident further down river at the end of the nevada/arizona border, where the
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