WATER LEVEL AT LAKE MEAD IS: 1,081.15 Feet MSL—147.85 feet below full pool of 1,229.00, as of today. When it hits 1075, it’s going to start getting critical. Okay, so, just sayin’ people in Phoenix, you guys will feel the pinch first. California gets their full allotment from the Colorado River no matter what. Why? Because our all-wise, all-knowing state politicians made that concession to California in order to get federal pork barrel cash for the Central Arizona Project aquaduct. The CAP can run dry and California will get their water—period. Too late now. And we’re only in the beginning … Continue reading Water: The New Gold Of Arizona