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Bob Martin, who manages hydropower at Glen Canyon Dam, shows the effects of cavitation on a decommissioned turbine. When air pockets enter hydroelectric equipment, they cause structural damage. Water managers have scrambled to keep Lake Powell's water levels above the hydropower intake, an effort to stave off cavitation.
Alex Hager
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KUNC
Damage inside Glen Canyon Dam could mean problems with the "river outlet works," a set of small tubes near the bottom of the dam that were originally intended to release excess water when the reservoir is nearing full capacity. The dam allows water to pass through to the Colorado River and Grand Canyon.
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