Good, in depth article.
https://www.azcentral.com/in-depth/news/local/arizona-environment/2022/03/01/long-drought-colorado-river-shows-shrinking-lake-powell/9228093002/
The June 24-month forecast for the Colorado River basin is out and it ain’t pretty.
https://www.usbr.gov/uc/water/crsp/studies/24Month_06.pdf
Powell is down over 48’ from this time last year, and the most probable forecast is that it will drop another 45’ in the next 10 months. That would put...
Lake Powell: storage pond, silt trap, evaporation tank and garbage dispose-all, a 180-mile-long incipient sewage lagoon, is down over 31 feet from this time last year.
https://lakepowell.water-data.com/
Going, going....
Upper Colorado River Basin Drought
The Upper Colorado River Basin is experiencing a protracted multi-year drought. Since 1999, inflow to Lake Powell has been below average in every year except one.
In the summer of 1999, Lake Powell was essentially full with reservoir storage...
1_pointer: At some point, there will be no water to store in Glen Canyon. Upstream users will increase storage capacity to keep more of the water granted them in the Colorado River Compact. Downstream demands will increase to the point that there will not be any "surplus" to store. Lake...
You guys like to discuss dams. Think there's any chance they'll ever decommission the dam creating this 180-mile sewage lagoon?
Rethinking the Colorado
Glen Canyon Dam idea worth discussion
By Peter Lavigne
Since he was a boy in the 1960s, gazing at an exquisite but soon-to-be-flooded...