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11. I checked with the sedimentation rate.

Reply to hatrack (Reply #10)

Sat Aug 16, 2025, 06:41 PM

Aug 2025

They estimated about 6.7% of Lake Powell is now filled with sediment.

Where I live in Ohio we've only had 0.06" of rain for the whole month of August.

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Lake Powell [View all] VGNonly Aug 2025 OP

I hope I live long enough to see that dam removed. hunter Aug 2025 #1

Seldom Seen? Thunderbeast Aug 2025 #4

"Let's pray for a little pre-cision earthquake" VGNonly Aug 2025 #13

Isn't there just a gigantic valve somewhere that Dumb Don can order the Army Corps of Engineers... Ol Janx Spirit Aug 2025 #2

BOR now projecting that power generation at GCD may stop as early as December 2026 hatrack Aug 2025 #3

The Rio Grande.. czarjak Aug 2025 #5

And Elephant Butte downstream is at a whopping 3.8% of capacity . . . hatrack Aug 2025 #7

Sad2 czarjak Aug 2025 #8

That's like Medina Lake near San Antonio. I think it's been at 5% for almost 20 years now! LeftInTX Aug 2025 #18

Only 31% full. dalton99a Aug 2025 #6

What is the actual depth of Lake Powell? VGNonly Aug 2025 #9

Varies by location - the original gradient of the Colorado was 2' per mile . . . hatrack Aug 2025 #10

I checked with the sedimentation rate. VGNonly Aug 2025 #11

This came out about 10 years ago - it's a more general look at the end of the age of dams . .. hatrack Aug 2025 #15

A Big Dam Problem VGNonly Aug 2025 #12

"We will let people in the future worry about that" - Floyd Dominy, Commissioner of Reclamation hatrack Aug 2025 #14

He wanted to build a dam just outside the Grand Canyon National Park boundaries. Xolodno Aug 2025 #16

The future is now, VGNonly Aug 2025 #17

Lake Powell September 3 VGNonly Sep 2025 #19

3545.40 as of Tuesday VGNonly Sep 2025 #20