The turbines inside Hoover Dam could lose roughly 40 percent of their generating capacity by this fall, a consequence of a ...

Nevada’s access to water from the Colorado River depends on releases through Glen Canyon Dam, which impounds the river to form Lake Powell. The persistent drought in the southwest United States, ...

In the ongoing saga of the Colorado River water shortage, your March 1 article, “Dam’s failure foreseen,” left out important history. In the early 1960s, according to a Sierra Club book, ““The Place ...

The Glen Canyon Dam promised water and power — but the river had other plans. The Glen Canyon Dam once symbolized American engineering might. But the Colorado River it was built to tame is shrinking.

A new memo from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is raising concern about the infrastructure at the Glen Canyon Dam and its ability to deliver water downstream should levels at Lake Powell continue to ...

Glen Canyon Dam, which impounds the Colorado River to form Lake Powell, is a single point of failure that poses an unacceptable risk to the functioning of the entire river system. Modifying the dam to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In this 2022 photo, Lake Powell sits at low levels behind Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River in Page, Ariz. (Joshua Lott / ...

Conservation groups are calling for changes to the management of Lake Powell, the nation’s second largest reservoir, after the discovery of damaged plumbing within the dam that holds it back. The ...

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz.— Federal researchers reported Wednesday that despite last fall’s eradication efforts the number of invasive smallmouth bass more than doubled in the Colorado River ...

The hydropower plant that powers about a quarter of a million homes is run by a team of mechanics, electricians and more. By Luna Anna Archey / High Country News Published Jun 23, 2022 9:00 PM EDT ...