LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - There is new uncertainty for the future of water levels in Lake Mead. Upstream at the Glen Canyon Dam, key underwater tubes have been deemed unreliable. According to a newly ...

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will examine the possibility of drilling tunnels through Glen Canyon Dam to ensure water can pass through it at low Lake Powell elevations, two knowledgeable sources ...

Arizona water officials are concerned that a series of important steel tubes buried well underneath Glen Canyon Dam were damaged from an experiment in releasing extra water and sediment through the ...

A recent memo published by the US Bureau of Reclamation raises concerns about the future of water management in the Colorado River basin. Glen Canyon Dam, substation (left) and bridge (in front of the ...

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Newly discovered damage to part of the dam holding back America's second-largest reservoir has the 40 million people who rely on the Colorado River worried about their ability to get the water they ...

Federal officials have discovered damage inside Glen Canyon Dam that could force limits on how much Colorado River water is released at low reservoir levels, raising risks the Southwest could face ...

When the San Juan River flows out of the San Juan Mountains in Southwestern Colorado, it contributes 15% of Lake Powell’s water. But there’s a problem: The river carries a hefty 55% of the sediment ...

Like many people, you probably flip on a light switch without thinking about where the electricity in the wires is coming from. For many people in the American West, at least some of their power comes ...

Lake Powell will cease to exist if one group's plan to restore Glen Canyon as the "heart of the Colorado River" comes to fruition. The Glen Canyon Institute is urging the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to ...

In 1998, when I was in fourth grade, I joined a class field trip to Mesa Verde National Park in Colorado. But when we got to Cortez, the road was barricaded. Hours earlier, three men had stolen a ...

In this 2022 photo, Lake Powell sits at low levels behind Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River in Page, Ariz. (Joshua Lott / Washington Post via Getty Images) Federal officials have discovered damage ...