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Currently, its level is approximately 1,050 feet and it is expected to fall below that soon. Despite that drop, Hoover Dam will still be able to produce hydropower, according Patti Aaron, public affairs officer for the Bureau of Reclamation’s lower Colorado region that oversees the dam’s operations.
“Lake Mead will decline to below 1,050 feet this week, but it will not affect our ability to produce hydropower. … Hoover (Dam) would no longer be able to produce power at 950 feet of elevation,” she said. “We do not anticipate that happening.”
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the last hard record I found from a quick search
was from June 8th when hoover dam
produced 1,567 megawatts
that was 75% of max capacity and was limited by
the amount of water that was let through the dam
at lake Powell and by a federal mandate
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Lake Mead is currently operating under a federally declared water shortage and its allocation of water for 2022 has been cut by 21,000 acre feet. The level is also expected to drop 30 feet in the next two years, falling to 1,035.09 feet of water.
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remember there are five major dams on the Colorado river.
when anyone of them restricts flow, it bottle-necks all those
downstream if it