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The Colorado River's decline threatens hydropower at Glen Canyon Dam. Now, officials are looking at retooling the dam to deal with low water levels. As the Colorado River shrinks, federal ...
The Colorado River Storage Project is a United States Bureau of Reclamation project designed to oversee the development of the upper basin of the Colorado River. The project provides hydroelectric power, flood control and water storage for participating states along the upper portion of the Colorado River and its major tributaries. [1]
The Colorado River Basin very well could get a few wet years, he said. “We might even get a wet decade. But, boy, the long-term warming and drying trend seems super clear to me,” Udall said.
The Colorado River's reservoirs have diminished to the point that significant cuts to the water supplied to the seven states that rely on it will be necessary next year, a federal official warned ...
The river system is one of the most heavily developed in the world, with fifteen dams on the main stem of the Colorado [citation needed] and hundreds more on tributaries. Collectively, dams in the Colorado River basin can hold four to five times the river's annual flow, generating hydroelectricity and supplying irrigation and municipal water ...
North Fork Gunnison River: Gunnison River: Roller dam owned by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Hidden Treasure Dam 2019 Lake City: Henson Creek: Mining hydropower dam. Lake George Diversion Dam (Lower Eleven Mile Dam) [2] 25 ft (7.6 m) 2023 Park County
The Bureau of Reclamation described the Colorado River's status based on projected water levels at Lake Powell and Lake Mead, key reservoirs that serve as barometers of the river's health.
The United States Environmental Protection Agency has more broadly reported: "Colorado's climate is changing. Most of the state has warmed one or two degrees (F) in the last century. Throughout the western United States, heat waves are becoming more common, snow is melting earlier in spring, and less water flows through the Colorado River.