Are the rains helping Lake Mead? What the question says about our water outlook

Opinion: If a ton of rain falls near Lake Mead, water levels should rise, right? Not exactly, but the question speaks volumes about how we manage the Colorado River.

Joanna Allhands

Arizona Republic

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You can understand our optimism.

It hadn’t rained in Phoenix for four months. Other parts of the West were hot and dry.

Then came the big one: Hurricane Hilary.

While rainfall totals were disappointing in Phoenix, the storm did dump quite a few inches on California and Nevada.

Areas near Lake Mead got pelted, leading a bunch of folks to presume that the nation’s largest water reservoir would get a decent boost from the rainfall.

But that’s not how it works.

Lake Mead relies on snow, not rain

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