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Hoover Dam is set to lose 40% of its maximum power this year

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The US Bureau of Reclamation is resorting to moving water between reservoirs so that Glen Canyon Dam can continue to generate electricity. Darren Orf reported in Popular Mechanics on August 10, 2026, that a long drought has pulled Lake Powell and Lake Mead so low that Hoover Dam's output this year will fall by 40 percent from its full-capacity output. — Read the rest The post Hoover Dam is set to lose 40% of its maximum power this year appeared first on Boing Boing .

First report: Hoover Dam Is Losing Power. Inside the ‘Slowest-Moving Train Wreck in History’ popularmechanics.com, 2d

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