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Frequently Asked Questions About River Restoration
…one has a record of where all dams are located. Who Regulates Dam Operations? A number of state and federal agencies are responsible for regulating dams. Dams owned by federal…
Why Dams Won’t Solve Water Supply Needs
…work on Folsom Dam spillway. Different Dams, Same Problems Not all new dam proposals involve traditional dams blocking major rivers – many would dam side canyons or tributary creeks, relying…
Intrepid Voyagers Through Arizona Geology
…Henderson In Arizona, the Colorado River is impounded above the Grand Canyon by Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Powell, and below by Hoover Dam and Lake Mead. Historically, snow would…
From Cape Town to California
…to get drier. Colorado River reservoirs Lake Powell at Glen Canyon Dam and Lake Mead at the Hoover Dam, like their counterparts around Cape Town, are historically low and getting…
Healthy rivers key to nation’s economic recovery
…Works Administration built massive dams and other water projects, including Hoover Dam on the Colorado River, Fort Peck Dam on the Missouri River, Grand Coulee Dam on the Columbia and…
American Rivers Announces America’s Most Endangered Rivers® of 2017
…supply, the impacts of climate change are becoming acute, and the river is at a breaking point. The water level of Lake Mead reservoir behind Hoover Dam is dropping by…
Killing the Colorado Spotlights New Solutions
…an optimistic view that a human-caused predicament can be solved with human-inspired ingenuity. Structural pillar at Hoover Dam with Lake Mead’s ominous ‘bathtub ring’ in the background | Sinjin Eberle…
Lower Basin of the Colorado River
…is not a sustainable solution in the face of climate change, drought, and rapid population growth, which are now consistently straining the river’s water supply. Lake Mead and the Hoover…
Groundbreaking Report Recommends Effective Water Solutions for Agriculture, Business and Residential Use in Colorado River Basin
…for these seven Western states. Just last week it was reported that the sustained drought in the southwestern U.S. has depleted Lake Mead to levels not seen since Hoover Dam…