Tag: Colorado River Storage Project

A “gut punch” as water rushes from Flaming Gorge to save Lake Powell’s hydropower system

August 4, 2021 by Jerd Smith

Lake Powell, created with the 1963 completion of Glen Canyon Dam, is the upper basin's largest reservoir on the Colorado River. But 2000-2019 has provided the least amount of inflow into the reservoir, making it the lowest 20-year period since the dam was built, as evidenced by the "bathtub ring" and dry land edging the reservoir, which was underwater in the past. As of October 1, 2019, Powell was 55 percent full. Credit: EcoFlight

Avoiding Lake Powell’s Day Zero

November 20, 2019 by Lindsay Fendt