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Climate change challenges power plant operations

View Photo Gallery — Dealing with drought at the Hoover Dam: Water managers across the country are scrambling for ways to produce the same amount of power from the hydroelectric grid with less water, including from behemoths such as the Hoover Dam.

By Juliet Eilperin, Published: September 9

BOULDER CITY, Nev. — Drought and rising temperatures are forcing water managers across the country to scramble for ways to produce the same amount of power from the hydroelectric grid with less water, including from behemoths such as the Hoover Dam.