The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation should start planning to modify the Glen Canyon Dam, which plugs the Colorado to form Lake ...

Recent strategies are not sustainable in the long term. Officials raise red flags over alarming outlook on iconic US lake: ...

If the next two years are drier than usual, Lake Powell’s water levels could drop too low to generate electricity, federal ...

The nation’s second largest reservoir is only about 30% full. If it drops much more, it could go below the hydropower ...

Look beyond the jet skis, and there are a number of captivating facts about Lake Powell that might make you appreciate it ...

The Glen Canyon Dam at Lake Powell on March 28, 2022, in Page, Ariz. As severe drought grips the West, water levels at Lake Powell have dropped to their lowest level since the lake was created by ...

At elevation 3,430 feet, the volume that the dam could push downstream would drop below the 7.5 million acre-feet that the Colorado River Compact requires upstream states to supply to the states ...

Glen Canyon Dam normally releases water through a series of hydropower penstocks. But if Lake Powell drops to 3,490 feet in elevation, or about 46 feet from the reservoir’s current level, ...

Glen Canyon Dam is operating at 60 percent of its hydroelectric capacity. Hydropower generation will likely shut down when Lake Powell’s elevation drops below 3,490 feet. Currently the lake is at ...

Plumbing problems at Glen Canyon Dam, the second-largest reservoir in the U.S., are raising concerns about water delivery to southwestern states. Federal officials have identified damage to four ...