What is Lake Powell? Lake Powell is one of two massive water storage reservoirs for the Colorado River Basin, which provides water for 40 million people in the West.

After months of stalemate, glimmers of hope have emerged for consensus on a new plan to manage the shrinking Colorado River.

Lake Mead was at 1,062 feet, 20 feet higher than in 2022. However, warmer temperatures and falling water levels have contributed to higher water temperatures in Lake Powell and the Colorado River.

Colorado River states get a wet winter, but Lake Powell will get below-average runoff, forecast says Colorado River forecasters released new data for the reservoir on Friday.

The amount of snowmelt expected to reach the Colorado River's Lake Powell this spring is far below the median of the last two decades, despite near-normal snowpack levels.

There's a lot of anxiety about climate change shrinking Lake Powell, but it also means whitewater rapids upstream have re-emerged. Thrillseekers can now run them for the first time since the 1960s.

An early season forecast indicates Lake Powell will get only about 81% of its normal water flow because of dry conditions around much of the Upper Colorado River Basin.

There's a lot of anxiety about climate change shrinking Lake Powell, but it also means whitewater rapids upstream have re-emerged. Thrillseekers can now run them for the first time since the 1960s.

More Freethedust/Getty At such a point, the river basins would be "no longer able to maintain the levels of deliveries to Lake Powell that we're accustomed to over recent history," he continued.

There's a lot of anxiety about climate change shrinking Lake Powell, but it also means whitewater rapids upstream have re-emerged. Thrillseekers can now run them for the first time since the 1960s.

There's a lot of anxiety about climate change shrinking Lake Powell, but it also means whitewater rapids upstream have re-emerged. Thrillseekers can now run them for the first time since the 1960s.

There’s a lot of anxiety about climate change shrinking Lake Powell, but it also means whitewater rapids upstream have re-emerged. Thrillseekers can now run them for the first time since the 1960s.