Arizona water chief warns of unintended consequences from draining Lake Powell amid Colorado River negotiations on future of ...

In 2022, it saw a record shrinkage ... River and its tributaries is causing Powell’s water levels to rise rapidly. Because of ...

Lake Mead's water levels are at their second lowest on Thanksgiving since 2019, despite intense winter storms bringing an ...

Lake Mead reached its highest point, with water levels measured at 1,225 feet, in July 1983. Levels have plunged since then.

Water managers can flush colder water into the Grand Canyon from outlets in the dam 100 feet lower than the penstocks. This ...

Some environmentalists oppose the excavation because they believe a changing climate and excess demand for water will eventually drain Lake Powell into a hiker's paradise. "Very soon the level is ...

Lake Powell faces a sediment crisis ... threatening river flow levels, depleting water storage and exposing sediment. Sediment is the walled molded mud that contains the Colorado River.

A monthly timestep salinity model of Lake Powell was developed for the Bureau of Reclamation. CE‑QUAL‑W2, a complex water quality and hydrodynamic model, was analyzed to observe temporal and ...

It created Lake Powell Reservoir, which straddles Utah and Arizona ... The dam has experienced its fair share of unexpected trauma, threatening river flow levels, depleting water storage and exposing ...