Can the Glen Canyon Dam be modified to continue producing power if drought continues?
A $2 million study by the Bureau of Reclamation hopes to find out.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River in northern Arizona, on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021.
Zak is the southeast Utah reporter for The Tribune. He has been writing from Bluff, Utah, since 2015 and is the author of Confluence: Navigating the Personal & Political On Rivers of the New West. His second book, which will cover the decline of Lake Powell, is forthcoming from Torrey House Press in 2024.