Lake Powell on the Colorado River is set to receive 13% of its normal spring runoff, the lowest amount from upstream

[Swede]

How are them data centers supposed to keep running?

Lake Powell on the Colorado River is set to receive 13% of its normal spring runoff, the lowest amount from upstream snowmelt on record.
#climatechange
#water

coloradosun.com/2026/05/09/l...

— Peter Gleick (@petergleick.bsky.social) 2026-05-10T18:22:57.769Z

[VGNonly]

1. Flaming Gorge released a million-acre feet

about 2 weeks ago. Flaming Gorge still has some snowpack in the Green River basin, but will likely have no more additional releases other than normal flows.. The upper Colorado basin has basically no snowpack. Lake Powell is down about 35 feet since its high level of June 20 2025. The post of no power production at Lake Powell is fast approaching. After that dead pool, maybe by September.

[Xolodno]

2. The Lake Powell dam has no business being there.

It should be decommissioned and deconstructed. Let the water flow to Lake Mead. It's basically a hangover left from the Bureau of Reclamation that went into drunken state of trying to dam everything.

[Cha]

3. So horribly awful.. #Climate Change due

to Fascist Climate Polluters