For Star subscribers: The water delivery system that 40 million people in the U.S. West depend on is at risk of collapse as the Colorado River shrinks.
To critics, Glen Canyon Dam was one of the U.S.'s biggest environmental mistakes. But it generates electricity for about 5 million people in seven states.
Without curbs in water use, Lake Powell seems likely to keep falling, squeezing a multi-billion-dollar recreation economy already damaged by the pandemic.Debate over how to manage Lake Powell rages on as environmentalists prepare for when Lake Powell drops too low to deliver water.As bad as conditions are are today, they could get worse as hotter, drier conditions in the west intensify.
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