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Lake Powell, a major source of electricity in the western states, is dipping dangerously close to a level where it cannot continue to provider hydroelectric power. The lake currently sits at 3,525 feet dip. It is the lake’s lowest level since the government built the Glen Canyon Dam in the Colorado River in Arizona in 1966.
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Meanwhile, Glen Canyon Dam, which separates Lake Powell and its downstream counterpart, Lake Mead, sits just 35 feet above “minimum power pool,” or the minimum water level at which turbines can produce hydroelectric power. If Lake Powell dips…