Assessing Implications of Operating the Colorado River Water Resource System WITH and WITHOUT Glen Canyon Dam (PDF)
Prepared by: Flake Wells, Niklas Christenson, and Tom Myers

This study completed in February 2005 looks at the state the Colorado River water resource system with and without the Glen Canyon Dam. The models and resulting report were generated by three independent researchers with expertise in the field of hydrology. Click on the link above to read the full report.

Niklas Christensen is a research scientist focusing on streamflow forecasting and the hydrologic imlications of climate change. Having traveled worldwide developing sustainable water solutions, he is currently working at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Flake Wells is a retired Professional Engineer with 20 years experience designing and consulting on hydropower exploitation. He worked on major river projects throughout the U.S. from the Columbia to the Susquehanna. He now works as a consulting analyst providing energy advisory services to various firms in the Midwest.

Tom Myers, a former Bureau of Reclamation engineer and hydrologist in the Lower Colorado Region, is a hydrologic consultant working with conservation groups throughout the West. He has a Ph.D. in hydrology and over 20 years
of experience in the field. He also served as executive director of Great Basin Mine Watch and Conservation Director of Friends of Nevada Wilderness. Tom is very familiar with sediment, water resources and groundwater issues around the Glen Canyon Dam and the Grand Canyon.