Glen Canyon Dam forms Lake Powell, the huge Colorado River reservoir which lies between Arizona and Utah. Paired with Lake Mead, the reservoirs provide water for about 40 million people.

A federal project to reshape part of the Colorado River upstream of Lees Ferry aims to stop invasive smallmouth bass from ...

If Lake Powell continues to shrink, they may be the only way to get water out of it and into the Colorado River. "In nearly 60 years of operation at Glen Canyon Dam, we didn't need to address the ...

When Lake Powell is at full capacity, Glen Canyon Dam impounds over 25 million acre-feet of water. One acre-foot of water can sustain two households for one year. But the reservoir’s elevations ...

Glen Canyon Dam was built primarily ... both functions are imperiled. In April, Lake Powell fell perilously close to the point at which dam operators would have to stop sending water through ...

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 ...

Lake Powell is an important water source for Colorado River states, and Glen Canyon Dam produces enough electricity to power nearly half a million U.S. households, according to the Grand Canyon Trust.

Their probable goal: To pack the tanker truck with explosives and blowup Glen Canyon Dam. Back then, the idea of draining Lake Powell was fringe, attractive to anti-government extremists and ...

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - There is new uncertainty for the future of water levels in Lake Mead. Upstream at the Glen Canyon Dam, key underwater tubes have been deemed unreliable. According to a ...

LAKE POWELL, Ariz. — The water levels at Lake Powell have dropped so low that the turbines at the Glen Canyon Dam hydroelectric plant could stop functioning. And even after an above-average snow ...