Tuesday Top of the Scroll: Glen Canyon Dam tapped for emergency water releases to meet California power demands
For the first time in nearly two decades, the federal government tapped Glen Canyon Dam for extra power generating capacity this weekend, triggering emergency water releases as heat waves persisted across the West.
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