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A reprieve for Powell?

The reservoir is at its lowest level since filling up

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Jonathan P. Thompson
Feb 28, 2023
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The calamitous headlines have come fast and furious: Lake Powell’s water levels reach record low. The new low-water mark, the stories said, is emblematic of the Colorado River crisis and the dreaded dead pool — when Lake Powell gets so scraggly that its water can’t even make it through Glen Canyon Dam — is imminent.

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