Colorado River reservoirs are so low, government is delaying releases
With long-term severe drought continuing to take a toll on the Colorado River, the federal government is expected to announce that it will retain some water in one of the river’s major reservoirs to temporarily stave off what it called increased uncertainty in water and electricity supplies. … Powell, behind Glen Canyon Dam, currently holds less than one-fourth of the amount it held when it filled after the dam was built in the 1960s.
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