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The scanty snowpack accumulating this winter in the Colorado River headwaters is threatening Glen Canyon Dam’s hydropower production and complicating an already fraught balancing act for the Southwest’s waterworks.
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Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 28 Feb. 2026
The construction of the first dams on the Columbia River, including the Grand Coulee and Bonneville in the 1930s, provided jobs during the Great Depression as well as hydropower and navigation.
—ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
About 50% came from hydropower, followed by 17% geothermal and less than 10% from wind, solar and other renewables.
—Jennifer McDermott, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
River conservationists on Wednesday urged state regulators to reassess how aging hydropower infrastructure is operated and maintained — and, in some cases, whether certain facilities should remain in place — following a 14-foot diameter, high-pressure water pipe ruptured last week.
—Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 19 Feb. 2026
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Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 28 Feb. 2026
The construction of the first dams on the Columbia River, including the Grand Coulee and Bonneville in the 1930s, provided jobs during the Great Depression as well as hydropower and navigation.
—ABC News, 26 Feb. 2026
About 50% came from hydropower, followed by 17% geothermal and less than 10% from wind, solar and other renewables.
—Jennifer McDermott, Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2026
River conservationists on Wednesday urged state regulators to reassess how aging hydropower infrastructure is operated and maintained — and, in some cases, whether certain facilities should remain in place — following a 14-foot diameter, high-pressure water pipe ruptured last week.
—Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 19 Feb. 2026
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“Hydropower.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hydropower. Accessed 6 Mar. 2026.
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hydropower
noun
hy·dro·pow·er
ˈhī-drə-ˌpau̇(-ə)r 
: hydroelectric power
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