Group calls plan to boost Lake Powell levels a Band-Aid
The Bureau of Reclamation is taking emergency measures to keep Lake Powell from falling to critically low levels. The contingency operations call for releasing water from three reservoirs, including Flaming Gorge, to give Lake Powell a small boost.
and last updated 2021-07-20 00:25:06-04
The Bureau of Reclamation is taking emergency measures to keep Lake Powell from falling to critically low levels. The contingency operations call for releasing water from three reservoirs, including Flaming Gorge, to give Lake Powell a small boost.
But the group Save The Colorado is calling the plan a Band-Aid and said it won t be enough to save Lake Powell.
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BOULDER COUNTY A coalition of environmental defense groups are appealing a decision by federal agencies allowing Denver Water to expand Gross Dam to more than triple its current capacity.
The coalition includes Save The Colorado, The Environmental Group, WildEarth Guardians, Living Rivers, Waterkeeper Alliance Inc., and the Sierra Club; it filed a notice of appeal in federal court Monday morning, asking the U.S. 10th Court of Appeals in Denver to review a district court judge’s dismissal of the original complaint.
Gross Reservoir is a 440-acre reservoir just west of Eldorado Canyon State Park at the southern end of Boulder County. Denver Water received final approval last year to raise the existing dam from 340 feet to 465 feet and more than triple the reservoir’s capacity from 41,811 acre-feet to 114,000.
Why Lake Powell visitors will have less lake to play in this year Brian Maffly © Francisco Kjolseth (Francisco Kjolseth | Salt Lake Tribune file photo) The Colorado River flows into Lake Powell near Hite Marina in February 2021. Water levels in Powell are expected to reach historic lows this year.
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When boaters return to Lake Powell this spring and summer, they will find even less lake to cruise, more traffic to navigate and fewer places to reach the water.
That’s because the ever-sagging water levels at Powell and its larger cousin, Lake Mead, are expected to reach historic lows this year in the face of a 20-year drought that is making it ever more difficult to recreate on the Colorado River’s two largest reservoirs and someday could render one inoperable.