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 ...

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 ...

the reservoir is less than 40% full. It was only 22% full as recently as 2023. Currently, water passes through hydroelectric generators inside Glen Canyon Dam before flowing into the Colorado River.

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.

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.

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

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 ...

They revealed that Lake Powell’s water level is projected to dip below a key elevation level — 3,490 feet of water — as early as this spring. Below that point, the Glen Canyon Dam can’t ...

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 ...