Housing ‘It’ll buy us time’: Feds to pay millions to prop up dwindling Lake Mead by Lila Seidman Los Angeles Times July 17, 2026 by Lila Seidman Los Angeles Times July 17, 2026 A Southern California water agency has struck a deal with federal officials to boost water levels in Lake Mead, part of a broader effort to keep the country’s largest reservoir from reaching critically low levels — at least for a while longer. 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestEmail