Human remains are revealed in Lake Mead as the reservoir shrinks.

Just one week after the body of a suspected murder victim was discovered in the fast dwindling reservoir, more human remains have been discovered in Lake Mead.

The latest remains were discovered on Saturday and reported to park rangers. A body was discovered in a barrel caught in the mud of the lake’s receding coastline on May 1st.

Lake Mead, the country’s largest reservoir, provides drinking water to 20 million people from Las Vegas to Los Angeles.

As the lake recedes, police predict that more bodies will be discovered.

Lake Mead levels have been falling since 2000, and droughts have become more severe in recent years, with scientists claiming that climate change is compounding the problem.

According to investigators, the body discovered by boaters last week belongs to a person who was tragically shot in the 1970s or 1980s.

The period was determined by the victim’s clothes and shoes, which were offered at Kmart stores at the time, according to Las Vegas murder detective Lt Ray Spencer.

More investigation is being done on the rusted metal of the barrel in order to find more evidence.

After the first discovery, Lt Spencer told CBS News in Las Vegas, “It’s going to be a very challenging case.” “I believe there is a very good likelihood that as the water level drops, we will find more human remains.”

And that forecast came true this weekend.

Lake Superior is patrolled by the National Park Service.

“The investigation is still underway. At this moment, no additional information is available “According to a press release from the park,

The Hoover Dam, which is located on the Nevada-Arizona state line, was built in the 1930s to create Lake Mead.

The gruesome finds come as the lake reaches its lowest point since it was first filled.

Water levels at Lake Mead dropped low enough last month to expose a water intake valve that has been serving consumers in the region since 1971.

Researchers found in February that the drought in the US southwest is the worst in at least a millennium.

Droughts aren’t always caused by climate change, but excessive heat in the sky is sucking more moisture out of the ground.