Flaming Gorge Water Release Planned to Support Lake Powell Amid New Hazards
• Federal government to release water from Flaming Gorge to support Lake Powell due to low water levels.
• Bureau of Reclamation reducing water releases from Lake Powell to Lake Mead to mitigate downstream depletion.
• National Weather Service forecasts significantly below-normal snowmelt water intake for Lake Powell.
Water release supports drought-stricken Lake Powell
The US Federal Government has announced a plan to release between 660,000 and 1 million acre-feet of water from Flaming Gorge to support Lake Powell.
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