Monday Top of the Scroll: A record warm winter could send Lake Powell to a historic low. Flaming Gorge may be its lifeline.
… The Bureau of Reclamation’s latest most probable forecast for Lake Powell shows it sinking below “power pool” — 3,490 feet — by December. At that level, water can’t make it through the turbines at Glen Canyon Dam that generate hydropower and keep the lights on across Utah and six other states. … To prop up Powell, the bureau will likely rely on another popular Utah reservoir: Flaming Gorge. The reservoir that straddles the border of Utah and Wyoming has the best water outlook in the basin, at 64% of normal, according to the forecast center.
Other Colorado River news:
- KLAS (Las Vegas): Here’s what Nevada, other states want in long-awaited Colorado River water deal
- KTNV (Las Vegas): Nevada negotiators seek fair Colorado River operations, present new proposal
- KOLD (Tucson, Ariz.): Arizona farmers turn to conservation as Colorado River cuts loom
- FOX13 (Salt Lake City): 2026 Utah legislature on Great Salt Lake, Colorado River and the environment
- The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction, Colo.): River district head: Deal between states still possible, necessary
- WaterWorld: Arizona lawmakers warn proposed Colorado River operations could threaten water security
- Straight Arrow News: Western states pour cold water on federal Colorado River plans
