Federal officials have discovered damage inside Glen Canyon Dam that could force limits on how much Colorado River water is released at low reservoir levels, raising risks the Southwest could face ...

Environmental groups for years have cautioned that water levels at Lake Powell could reach a point where Glen Canyon dam can no longer be used for hydropower or release water downstream.

replenishing its water levels slightly. Satellite photographs shared by the NASA Earth Observatory show the flow from Glen Canyon Dam before and after the experiment. In one photo taken after the ...

It is currently about 32% full, or 3,559 feet above sea level. Reclamation reports that the agency can “theoretically” release water from Glen Canyon Dam through the river outlet works down to ...

But Glen Canyon Dam furnishes 75% to 85% of the power the entire project sells. That’s enough to serve about 340,000 homes annually at the dam’s current water level, the power administration says.

Decades into a megadrought, proponents of mothballing the 710-foot dam say now is the time to drastically rethink management of the depleted Colorado River. In the fall of 1956, President Dwight ...

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 ...

“In the various Glen Canyon Dam references cited, there is nothing to indicate the river outlet works were intended for long-term water conveyance use at low reservoir water levels.” If the ...

Its power output is already down 36% due to the current water level, and there's a chance it could drop too low to make power in the next three years. The Glen Canyon Dam on Lake Powell is facing ...

The federal government must rapidly prepare plans to redesign Glen Canyon Dam’s plumbing to keep the Colorado River flowing through the Grand Canyon as the water levels behind the dam continue ...