Lake Powell is once again the lowest it has ever been since it was first filled six decades ago.
The reservoir, located by the Utah-Arizona border, dropped to 3,521.95 feet elevation on Friday, surpassing the previous record low of 3,522.24 feet set in April 2022, said Becki Bryant, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. She added that the lake is expected to continue to drop until the snowpack runoff begins in the spring.
allowed for some of the original construction sites to resurface for the first time since the reservoir was just 3 years oldThe Utah Department of Water Resources lists Lake Powell as being at 22% capacity — 4 percentage points lower than it was at this time last year. The reservoir's average for mid-February is closer to 55% of capacity.
recently completed a project to install a second emergency water intake system at the Glen Canyon Dam
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