Most of the water from glaciers comes from the West Fork of Eklutna River, where the Eklutna Glacier covers about 46 percent of the basin's surface area. About 12 percent of the East Fork of ...

The city of Anchorage, where most of the drinking water comes from Eklutna Glacier. (iStock) The days are numbered for the glacier that provides most of the drinking water for Alaska’s largest city.

Anchorage is one of the few North American cities that depend on a glacier for most of their drinking water. The Eklutna glacier also provides some of the city's electricity, through hydro power.

High waters have swamped the edge of Eklutna Lake, seen on Tuesday, and caused damage to the 13-mile trail that skirts the glacier-fed waterbody. A $234,000 project approved by state lawmakers ...

Feb. 18—Three Southcentral Alaska utilities that own the Eklutna Hydroelectric Project rejected the Anchorage Assembly's recent call for a two-year halt to their proposed program to restore ...