http://www.newsweek.com/lake-mead-water-levels-dropping-deadpool-level-1722632 > The water levels in Lake Mead are dropping, and could soon be at dead pool level. > Lake Mead, a reservoir formed by the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River, is drying up because of the ongoing drought in the western United States, France 24 reported. The water moving through the Hoover Dam provides electricity for hundreds of thousands of people living across the area.