Breaking: Officials Find Major Damage at Glen Canyon Dam | 30m Americans Could Face Water Crisis

The Bureau of Reclamation has released a new memo stating that damage found at Glen Canyon Dam in Arizona could affect river flows down the Colorado River. This has the potential to impact drinking water for 30 million Americans.

In this episode of timeBomb we will take a look at Glen Canyon Dam’s reservoir Lake Powell. We begin by reviewing the current water level statistics to see how they compare to years past. Then we jump into the main focus of this video, a startling new report from the Bureau of Reclamation highlights severe issues with the Glen Canyon Dam’s infrastructure, particularly the pipes critical for water release. Discover how these developments could impact water levels at Lake Mead and management of the Colorado River in general.

Stay tuned as we unravel these complex issues and consider the future of one of America’s largest reservoirs. Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more insights!

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Chapters:
00:00 Welcome to timeBomb
01:12 Water Level Stats
02:31 Pipe Damage

[philliplewis]

In July 1983 I turned 15, for my present I stayed the whole month with my sister in Page and we practically lived on the lake. We were on the tour at the bottom watching the river just boiling and they shut it down and evacuated us. Both spillways were running 100% overflow and the two arcs of water were meeting in the middle and then the 4 big jets came on. The lake just kept rising and they sounded the high water siren, scared the hell outta us for sure, we had no idea what it was about. We went outside and everyone was looking directly at the dam and the fear was thick. There giant chunks of rock and concrete flying out of the overflow tunnels. Great video, I enjoyed it!

[JamesMiller-lqrd]

Shoulda fixed them when it was an empty dust bowl not long ago!

[bertblue]

7 million people living in a desert. Swimming pools everywhere. I'll never understand why we tried to inhabit the unhabitable.

[rogerp]

Keeping Powell at the highest level possible is going to run into the efforts to keep Mead as high as possible. There just isn't enough water for the demands of the entire system.

[BillCarns]

Content creators need to stop asking viewers to LIKE their content before watching it.

[watchthe]

So what is the crisis? keep the penstocks running to generate power and stop the high flow experiments. The river flows and the snow pack in the rockies is high. Everyone has enough water. only use the pipes for necessary water release in \stead of ecperiments. Get started on repairing one at a time right now, problem solved. Such drama queens.

[hankieski]

Plz keep us updated. Thx for the info.

[Agapimo]

Cavitation is a serious long term structural problem. Perhaps just as large municipal water pipes are repaired by inflatable resin “balloons” that expand and harden to replace existing pipes without having to excavate them this could be done one by one. Could have an underwater compartment attach to each reservoir side outlet and conduct the repairs🤔

[robertbe]

I missed something. If the lake level is so low, why are they releasing any water, except for the hydroelectric amount?

[colonelgilbert]

Most of the water used from the Colorado River is used to irrigate farm land. Those farms feed the entire country during the winter not just the west coast. So to all the people bitching about all the houses enjoy you fruits and vegetables. 🙄

[TonyPena]

California and the west coast should have desalination facilities by now.

[Purplepinkmom]

Thank you!
You got right to the point with clear and easy to understand graphics. I cannot stress enough how happy I was to not hear a bunch of chit-chat about stuff.
I gave a thumbs up and also subscribed.

[jakeleblanc]

I hate people who say " hit the like button " before they even start the video !!!! !!

[andrewrivera]

There is still a lot of 2024 snow in the mountains that has to melt so the lake will go up.

[bukboefidun]

Again, well presented.
The cavitation issue is huge... it sounds like it could bring the whole Colorado River Compact to its knees.
That said Glen Canyon Dam is, what?, 60 years old. What was the expected life of it? And Hoover is over 90 years old.

[kevinedwards]

The root cause…
Trying to supply too many people living in a F’ing desert!!!!
😂😂😂😂😂😂

[mensafordummies]

Interesting. Northern California has a similar problem with pipes, etc. at Lake Spaulding Dam. Water is already being rationed to downstream customers due to damage to pipes and valves in powerhouse #1. Powerhouse #1 is owned by PG&E, the electrical generation company (which is up to it's eyeballs in debt and is currently taking it out on it's customers). PG&E was apparently aware of these problems some time ago, but failed to rectify these problems until they have now become an "emergency". These water restrictions are causing great losses to all of the farms and ranches in several counties, it's even affecting small home gardeners. PG&E first stated that repairs were scheduled to be completed in early June, but recently stated that date has now been moved to the end of July. Long enough to put a lot of ranchers and farmers, food greenhouses and businesses dependent on same out of business. Permanently. Not to mention the loss of electricity generated at Spaulding's Powerhouse #1. The Northern Sierras have had a great water year, but we're not allowed to have any of it.

[saltymethods]

The more scarce you make water, the more you can charge and keep control of the population. Keeping water levels low benefits the water authority.

[gregorycooper]

Good images, thorough presentation, but what I really wanted to see were some pictures of the cavitation damage.

[mojo.adventures]

Wow, looks like you got another YouTube hit! Enjoyed the video. Nice work on this one! Although the problems with piping at Glen Canyon Dam have been known for quite a while, it's good to see it's being widely reported ("breaking") and accepted now by the general public. Important decisions ahead... how to fix and future-proof things for both flood AND drought👍