Talk:Hoover Dam

Problem with the dam's Power/Energy specifications

I was looking at the specs for Hoover Dam and spotted something strange ...

Installed capacity 2,080 MW

Capacity factor 23%

Annual generation 3.3 TWh (12 PJ) (2020) [3]

But 12 PJ divided by seconds in a year is 380 GW, not 2 GW. I don't know where the error entered the stream, but 12 PJ is definitely not consistent with 2.08 GW as the installed capacity rating. YodaWhat (talk) 22:05, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

I would suggest removing any erroneous figures.--Wehwalt (talk) 22:47, 24 July 2022 (UTC)

2022 explosion

@SPECIFICO: the consensus was to merge it. See Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/2022 Hoover Dam explosion. We have to put at least a line down for a merge to be done. Iamreallygoodatcheckers^t@lk 22:36, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

The closing administrator found consensus to merge but then it becomes up to the editors of the involved articles to decide if there's useful content to merge. See WP:MERGE. There's no useful content to merge. Two different editors have reverted additions on this.--Wehwalt (talk) 22:41, 27 July 2022 (UTC)

Absolutely insignificant, a huge waste of time, and an object lesson in letting at least 45 minutes pass before creating a new article based on a fire engine out on a routine call. Look at all the editor and admin time that could have been used on something constructive instead of cleanup. SPECIFICO talk 23:26, 27 July 2022

"2022 Hoover Dam exposion" listed at Redirects for discussion

An editor has identified a potential problem with the redirect 2022 Hoover Dam exposion and has thus listed it for discussion. This discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2022 August 13#2022 Hoover Dam exposion until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. -MPGuy2824 (talk) 09:38, 13 August 2022 (UTC)

Hoover Dam Café

menu as of March 2025

https://drive.google.com/file/d/10THu1giqGlaihY8_sErGIbswvvlTmwVV/view?pli=1 98.97.137.241 (talk) 05:48, 26 March 2025 (UTC)

Use of "impound"

Odd statement early in the article that the dam impounds Lake Mead. It impounds the Colorado River, to create Lake Mead. This apparent error ought to be corrected. JonathanGaloola (talk) 12:58, 4 April 2026 (UTC)

Thank you for the thought. This federal source uses "impounded" relative to Lake Mead. So does this one from a state agency of Arizona. Doubtless there are others. Wehwalt (talk) 13:07, 4 April 2026 (UTC)