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The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation should start planning to modify the Glen Canyon Dam, which plugs the Colorado to form Lake ...
The number of dams in the United States at risk of overtopping is increasing, "threatening their structural integrity and ...
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, which manages the 1,450-mile Colorado River in the West, is taking a unique approach to fix a ...
Study finds six major U.S. dams face rising overtopping risk amid aging infrastructure and intensifying storms, threatening nearby towns and cities.
Under Biden last year, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation finalized a decision to allow releases of water to bypass Glen Canyon Dam’s hydropower infrastructure to curb invasive fish populations.
The river outlet pipes inside Glen Canyon Dam are getting a $9 million repair job, but conservation groups want to see more permanent changes at Lake Powell.
The dam on the Colorado River in northern Arizona impounds Lake Powell, the country’s second-biggest reservoir. It’s upstream of Hoover Dam and Lake Mead, which provides Southern Nevada with ...
Damage to Glen Canyon Dam reveals vulnerabilities of the entire Colorado River system Recently discovered issues could affect how Upper Basin states deliver water to Lower Basin states.
Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell have long been a central pivot point on the Colorado, controlling river flows that otherwise would pass unimpeded to Hoover Dam, cities and farms in the Southwest ...
Newly discovered damage to part of the dam holding back America's second-largest reservoir has people who rely on the Colorado River worried about their ability to get the water they need.