Lake Powell is currently filled to just over a quarter of its potential capacity, causing Glen Canyon Dam to be dangerously close to losing its ability to generate electricity.
The Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River in northern Arizona, on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021.This story is available to Salt Lake Tribune subscribers only. Thank you for supporting local journalism.worst twenty-year period of drought in at least 1,200 years
This month’s projections from the Bureau of Reclamation show that it is possible Lake Powell — the nation’s second-largest reservoir after Lake Mead — could, though most projections suggest that is unlikely. “In addition to seeking the best-available science, Reclamation is actively exploring the feasibility of modifications to Glen Canyon Dam to be able to produce power below the current minimum power pool elevation , and perhaps as close as we can get to dead pool elevation ,” Williams said. “As we’re still in the planning process, we will continue to work with the Basin States, stakeholders, and partners on the best possible outcomes to protect facilities and water level.
Jack Schmidt, director of the Center for Colorado River Studies at Utah State University, said the study’s announcement is indicative of the new reality in the Colorado River basin. The bureau’s estimates for runoff in the Colorado River are based on the last 30 years of record: ten relatively wet years in the 1990s and the following 20 drier years, which many scientists have called a climate change-related “megadrought.”
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