CLARK COUNTY, NV - Not even a week after California’s water restriction policies are lifted, reports come in that Nevada’s Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the U.S., is measuring at its lowest level on record.

The man-made lake was built near Hoover Dam and, according to news source Time, provides crucial water to Arizona, Nevada, and California, including its Los Angeles region.

The west has faced some of its most extreme drought conditions, with this region being no exception as it has gone through 10+ years of water shortage for the snowpacks that the lake is filled from.

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Rose Davis told Time that Lake Mead is currently at 37%, measuring at 1,074 feet last week, down from an average of 1,084 feet in February.

If the levels remain at, or drop below, the 1,075-foot level, the government could take action by implementing emergency measures similar to those California just lifted. California and Mexico would be exempt from those restriction, according to the report, which would fall on water delivered to Nevada and Arizona.

The outlook, however, is good, from what the Bureau projects, currently estimating a 10% chance that a shortage of that measure will happen in 2017. Instead, it expects the level to rise to 1,078 at the end of the year following a brief dip to 1,071 feet during the summer peak for water demand.

For now, we will continue to report as more updates arise on the water situation effecting the western states and beyond.