Thursday March 17, 2022

This week, Lake Powell dipped below its target elevation. With only 35 more feet before the Glen Canyon Dam stops generating hydropower, some locals are placing bets on the date these turbines will cease to work. Today on the news, we hear from two ‘heralds of the aridification of the desert Southwest’ on this predicted situation and what might come next.

// Show Notes

// Photo: The Glen Canyon Dam. Lake Powell dipped below its target elevation this week. The Bureau of Reclamation is expected to release planning actions in April. Credit Bureau of Reclamation

// Bureau of Reclamation: Upper Colorado Basin Draft Drought Response Operations Plan
https://www.usbr.gov/dcp/droa.html

// Bureau of Reclamation 3/04/22: Lake Powell to Temporarily Decline Below 3,525 Feet
https://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/#/news-release/4117

// Bureau of Reclamation: Glen Canyon Dam
https://www.usbr.gov/uc/water/crsp/cs/gcd.html

// Western Area Power Administration 3/10/22 : Summarizing 2021 Hydrology Conditions
https://www.wapa.gov/newsroom/NewsFeatures/2022/Pages/summarizing-2021-hydrology-conditions.aspx

// Re-Wilding The Colorado Contest
https://rewildingcoloradoriver.org

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