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Water Supply Protection
File Number
8220.101.09B
Description
Glen Canyon Dam/Lake Powell
State
AZ
Basin
Colorado Mainstem
Date
10/1/1996
Author
US General Accountin
Title
An Assessment of the Environmental Impact Statement on the Operations of the Glen Canyon Dam - Executive Summary
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EIS
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<br />Executive Summary <br /> <br />Purpose <br /> <br />Figure 1: Location of the Glen Canyon <br />Dam <br /> <br />Since the Glen Canyon Dam, located in Page, Arizona, was completed by <br />the Bureau of Reclamation in 1963, it has been u..<;;ed to generate power <br />during periods of high demand, commonly known as peaking pOWE'r. The <br />fluctuating relea'ies of water associated with the dam's peaking power <br />operations havE' caused concems about the detrimental effects such nows <br />haw' on downstream resources, particularly those loc<lt€'d in the Grand <br />Canyon, In [('-"ponse to these concems, the Secretal")' of the Intrrior, in <br />July 1989, directed the Bureau of Reclamation to prepare an <br />emironmental impact slatem€'nt that would reevaluate the Glt>n Canyon <br />Dam's operations, The plll'pose of thE' ree\'aluation was to delennine <br />specific options for operating the dam that ('auld minimizE' the ad\'{>!"se <br />impacts on Illt> dOWIl..,tream emiromllental and recreational resources, as <br />well as on Nath'{> American interests in the GI{>n and Grand ('anyons, while <br />still producing hydropower, <br /> <br />, <br />, <br /> <br /> <br />Nevada <br /> <br />California <br /> <br />New Mexico <br /> <br />ArizOna <br />",~ <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Source Bureau or ReclamalKlfl <br /> <br />1'''10(''2 <br /> <br />(i.'\O/R("ED.~17,1:! (;1"" ("1I11)"ullll"1'" Emirunl1"'l1ll1llllll""'1 St>lh'lIIt'III <br />
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