Glen Canyon Dam work designed to ensure water supply for Page, LeChee Chapter
Crews at Glen Canyon Dam have completed a new water intake connection to accommodate record-low levels at Lake Powell.
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Crews at Glen Canyon Dam have completed a new water intake connection to accommodate record-low levels at Lake Powell.
As the once-mighty Colorado shrinks in the hands of a changing climate, communities that rely on it are starting to feel the pinch. Many large cities in the Southwest are well-positioned to weather the growing crisis, but some smaller ones have a perilous front row seat as the diminished river threatens to cut off their water supply completely. Page is one of them.
PAGE, ARIZ. • Soulful notes from a Native American flute float over the vast valley on the backside of the Glen Canyon Dam, which interrupts the once mighty Colorado River.
The Bureau of Reclamation told 12News there's a plan for a workaround and a solution as Lake Powell's water level continues to dwindle.
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will release an extra 500,000 acre feet of water from Flaming Gorge Reservoir to help maintain hydroelectric