Feedback sought on potential emergency actions to bolster Lake Powell
4/15/2022 1:29:36 AM
CATEGORIES:
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Arizona
Coconino County, AZ
California
Colorado
New Mexico
Nevada
Utah
Kane County, UT
San Juan County, UT
Wyoming
Start Date: 4/8/2022
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The Interior Department’s assistant secretary for water and science wrote to seven states in the Colorado River Basin on April 8 to request feedback on the proposal to keep 480,000 acre-feet of water in Lake Powell. She emphasized that operating the dam below 3,490 feet, the minimum power pool, has not been done.
If power production ends at Glen Canyon Dam, customers such as cities, rural electric cooperatives and tribal utilities would have to turn to more expensive options for electricity.
States' water managers have until April 22 to respond with feedback.
Associated Press News (New York), April 12, 2022
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