The lake level began to rebound; only the 2008 image appeared to deviate from the trend toward rising water levels. google_ad_channel ="2397569894"; This article contains new, firsthand information uncovered by its reporter(s). The Colorado Sun is a journalist-owned, award-winning news outlet based in Denver that strives to cover all of Colorado so that our state our community can better understand itself. The reduction of releases from Glen Canyon Dam in water year 2022 (resulting in increased storage in Lake Powell) will not affect future operating determinations and will be accounted for as if this volume of water had been delivered to Lake Mead. But the region is battling a multidecade drought with rain harder to come by. Were going to be generating less than we have in quite some time. Boats docked at Lake Powell on July 13 . System emergencies occur fairly infrequently and typically require small responses from Glen Canyon Dam. The nation's second-largest reservoir is under pressure from climate change and steady demand, and is now . We are 41% through the Water Year. The lake is set to reach. Wednesday snow and wind will be heavy at times leading to difficult if not impossible travel. Precipitation declines combined with booming urban populations will present a significant challenge to Western water managers in the near future. Differences between the full period forecasts and the residual forecasts may not exactly equal the actual observed volumes due to rounding conventions (see Definitions section). In January, following the wet December Moser noted, the NOAA forecast called for 98% of the 30-year average to reach Powell. To view the 2023 progession of snowpack above Lake Powell, click on Lake Powell Snow Chart. The bureau, in consultation with tribal nations and the seven Colorado River Basin states, decided to keep nearly 500,000 acre-feet of water in Lake Powell that had originally been planned to be released to the Lower Basin states of Nevada, Arizona and California this year. Lake Powell