00:00Lake Powell on the Arizona-Utah border is getting dangerously close to a level that could threaten water and power
00:05for millions of people.
00:06The reservoir stores Colorado River water for about 40 million people across the southwest and generates hydroelectric power at Glen
00:13Canyon Dam.
00:13After an exceptionally poor snow season across the Upper Colorado River Basin, Lake Powell is expected to keep dropping.
00:20If water levels continue to fall, Glen Canyon Dam could eventually stop generating the electricity that powers homes and businesses
00:26across the region.
00:27In a worst-case scenario, the lake could drop so low that water would no longer flow through the dam
00:31by gravity.
00:32Summer monsoon rains may slow the decline, but they're not expected to undo years of drought and an exceptionally dry
00:38winter.
00:39It's a reminder that the snow falling in the Rocky Mountains each winter doesn't just stay there.
00:43It becomes the water flowing through the Colorado River and the electricity millions of people depend on months later.
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