The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation recently accepted public comment on potential solutions for the Colorado River past 2026.
The issue has pushed some organizations to pursue a solution called Fill Mead First, which would save Lake Mead by draining Lake Powell, and the idea recently gained steam when the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation accepted public comments on the future of the Colorado River.
The Glen Canyon Dam at Lake Powell, photographed on March 27, 2022, in Page, Arizona. Several organizations are urging the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to fill Lake Mead by allowing the Colorado River to bypass the dam, therefore draining Lake Powell.The idea was originally proposed by the Glen Canyon Institute, which has urged the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to construct tunnels for the Colorado River to completely bypass the Glen Canyon dam—therefore eliminating Lake Powell.
Thousands of comments about potential solutions have since poured into the Bureau of Reclamation.
"Obviously, they have an interest in having water. When you finally look at the basis for the dam and the lake, we realize that it never should have been built," Segerblom said."If we get rid of it, that's going to give us more water in the bottom states."Read more
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