In April, Lake Powell fell perilously close to the point at which dam operators would have to stop sending water through the turbines. (via highcountrynews)
Luna Anna Archey/High Country NewsGlen Canyon Dam was built primarily to store excess Colorado River water during wet years, so it could be released during dry spells and used to generate power. Now, with aridification depriving the river of those excess flows, both functions are imperiled.
Adrian Kelly, a power plant mechanic, stands for a portrait after welding a water pipe that will be used to cool the dam’s new power transformers .. Luna Anna Archey/High Country News Electrician Ray Dugi bikes into the dam’s machine shop; employees use bike toolboxes to get around the huge power plant. Dugi has worked at the dam for 25 years.Retro gauges from when Glen Canyon Dam first was constructed . Inner workings of the dam .Glen Canyon DamÕs intake points for the water to power the plant’s eight turbines will be above the water line–the minimum power pool–if the lake level drops another 33 feet.
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