Tag: Glen Canyon Dam
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Amid Colorado River crisis, a massive surge spells ‘bright spot’ for the Grand Canyon
For 72 hours at the end of April, people on or around Glen Canyon Dam say they could feel it shaking, hear it roaring. “Intense” and “awesome” went some descriptions. Turbines and bypass tubes blasted water at such a volume and such a rate — 39,500 cubic feet per second — that Larry Stevens observed a hurricane-sounding…
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Federal ideas reflect little progress toward solving Colorado River crisis
The clock is ticking for the Colorado River, but solutions on how to save the river basin, which provides water to 40 million people in seven states and Mexico, still appears to be elusive, at least from the federal government. However, proposed solutions are starting to bubble up through Colorado agriculture’s community, including projects that…
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Reclamation: Upper Basin reservoirs insufficient to save Lake Powell
Flaming Gorge Reservoir, which Bureau of Reclamation officials have used twice during the past two years to add water to the rapidly deteriorating Colorado River system, likely has only enough water left for two more emergency releases, according reclamation officials. Last summer, the Bureau of Reclamation ordered the release of 125,000 acre-feet of water from…
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Why California was spared and Arizona wasn’t: A brief history of Colorado River agreements
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Tuesday’s announcement by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation that it would require Arizona and Nevada to reduce their annual allocation of water from the Colorado River came as no surprise to most water experts. The reductions announced by Reclamation Commissioner Camille Touton have been part…
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Drought threatens Colorado River hydropower, major source of renewable energy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Drought on the Colorado River is threatening the ability of major dams, including Glen Canyon Dam at Page, Ariz., to produce hydropower, which comprises 54% of renewable energy production in the Southwest. The low levels on Lake Powell have also had a negative impact on…
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Lake Powell drops to its lowest level in history
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Anyone who is tied to the Colorado River — farmers, ranchers, water providers, state and federal officials and recreational users — had hoped this day would never come. Or at least not so soon. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced Lake Powell, which gets its water from…