Controversy Swirls Over Two Proposed Power Dams
The article examines two planned Colorado River dams Bridge Canyon or Hualapai and Marble Canyon with the aim of power production. It notes Hualapai would be the river’s largest capacity at 1.5 million kilowatts and discusses funding, irrigation subsidies, pump storage concepts, and the potential long term water and energy impacts for Arizona California and Nevada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
Arizona
Glen Canyon
Hoover Dam
Davis Dam
Parker Dam
Lake Mead
Bridge Canyon
Hualapai
Marble Canyon
Haalapai
Bureau of Reclamation
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Grand Canyon
Interior
Stewart Udall
Grand Canyon National Park
U.S. Congress
Colorado River
Hoover, Parker and Davis
Four Corners
New Mexico
Utah
Southern California Edison Co
Nevada
Black Mesa
Navajo Reservation
United States
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Edmund C. Garthe
Environmental Health Division
Arizona State Department of Health
Garthe
Lake Powell
Glen Canyon Dam
Boulder Canyon Project
Parker-Davis
California
Lake Havasu
Sears
Sears Savings
Sars, Roebuck and CO
East Broadway
Tucson