Water to Surge Into Drought-Depleted Lake Powell but at Costs Elsewhere - The Nevada Independent

Emergency plans for the Colorado River buy time, not solutions

The federal government ordered Flaming Gorge water released and cuts to Lake Powell releases, to prevent collapse. The post Emergency plans for the Colorado River buy time, not solutions appeared first on High Country News.

Water to surge into drought-depleted Lake Powell but at costs elsewhere - The Nevada Independent

A decades-long drought has Lake Powell at just 23 percent capacity and approaching the point where water won't be able to flow into its turbines without air causing damage.

Colorado River states voice reluctant support for releases from Flaming Gorge

Four upstream states in the Colorado River Basin, including Colorado, agreed to release up to 325 billion gallons of water out of a Wyoming reservoir to help one of the basin’s most important water supplies, Lake Powell.  The lake’s water levels have fallen to historical lows after 20 years of prolonged drought, and this year’s record-poor snowpack is exacerbating an already tense situation. The Upper Basin states’ approval is the first step in …

#LakePowell will get a short-term boost amid #ColoradoRiver #drought — Alex Hager (KJZZ.org) #COriver #aridification

Glen Canyon Dam. Photo credit: Robert Marcos Click the link to read the article on the KJZZ website (Alex Hager). Here’s an excerpt: April 21, 2026 The nation’s second-largest reservoir will get a boost to keep water levels from dropping too low, but the fix won’t last long…The Bureau of Reclamation will take water from Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Utah and Wyoming and send it downstream to Lake Powell. The agency, which manages major dams and re…