THE FUTURE
What do you do with a great river which is the lifeline for the arid half of a country? First, you treasure, regulate, and husband what it holds. Then you plan the future for that water as carefully as King Midas counted his gold.
Source: Lake Powell: Jewel of the Colorado pg. 27
These dams are cash registers. They will ring up sales of electric power produced by Colorado River water.
Source: Lake Powell: Jewel of the Colorado pg. 27
Is hydroelectric power obsolete? Can nuclear or coal-fired energy spin the generators more cheaply? These questions represent confused concepts. Hydropower is unique in that it is the only power system which can be started and stopped at the flick of a switch. —It can supply power instantly on demand. This is "peaking" power champing at the bit and ready for use at those times of day when the demand is heavy. Integration of Federal hydropower and steam-generation plants of others has been the practical solution for many years. It will continue to be.
Source: Lake Powell: Jewel of the Colorado pg. 27
Progress need not deny to the people their inalienable right to be informed and to choose.
Source: Glen Canyon - The Place No One Knew Foreward, pg. 8