article_snippet: Lake Mead, the reservoir next to Hoover Dam, shrunk to 39 per cent of Hoover Dam capacity last year and was at Hoover Dam lowest level since Hoover Dam was built in the 1930s.
article_snippet: It is in danger of seeing It surface elevation fall below 1,075 feet above sea level by September, which would be the lowest level on record, set in 2005, and increase the size of It bleached white ring.
article_snippet: Lake Powell reached a record low of 3555 feet in 2005.
highlights_snippet: Lake will drop even further as Lake gives water to Hoover Dam's Lake Mead .