Bureau of Reclamation Takes Action to Boost Drought-Stricken Lake Powell

The additional water will help protect Glen Canyon Dam hydroelectric operations in 2022

Bureau of Reclamation Takes Action to Boost Drought-Stricken Lake Powell

Glen Canyon Dam, substation (left) and bridge (in front of the dam) as seen from the south, near Page, Arizona. Image courtesy of Adbar, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation recently made an unprecedented move to protect water levels in Lake Powell on the Utah-Arizona border, announcing it would delay a water release that normally goes to Arizona, California and Nevada.

In order to keep levels in the lake high enough to...

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