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Arizona, Nevada to see Colorado River cuts under federal plan; California unscathed
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Update 4 Tanya Trujillo, assistant secretary for water and science at Interior, added in both the lower and upper basins, the Bureau of Reclamation will look at physical modifications to Hoover and Glen Canyon dams to see if there is a way to allow water to be released below either critically low levels at Glen Canyon…
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Feds to announce plans for Colorado River conservation
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Recognizing a seven-state plan to conserve up to 4 million acre-feet of water on the Colorado River is not forthcoming, the Department of the Interior on Monday indicated it’s set to announce water conservation plans of its own. The announcement said senior officials from the department would in a Tuesday virtual press conference address current…
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Tax, climate package includes $4 billion to combat drought in Arizona, Colorado, other basin states
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Tucked in the U.S. Senate’s tax and climate package is $4 billion for drought resiliency – money that comes at a critical time as the West grapples with dwindling supply from the Colorado River, depleting reservoirs and a drier climate that’s causing the worst wildfires the region has seen this century. The funding would benefit Colorado…
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Two new Colorado River deals give parched Lake Powell temporary relief
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Drought-strapped Lake Powell has received a major, if potentially temporary, reprieve with two emergency agreements that will provide 1 million acre-feet of Colorado River water this year to boost lake levels and protect hydropower production at Glen Canyon Dam. The water will come from an emergency release of 500,000 acre-feet from Utah’s Flaming Gorge Reservoir,…
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Lake Mead water shortage could spell trouble for Colorado
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A new forecast from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation shows signs that water levels at Lake Mead, which supplies water to three southwestern states and northern Mexico, could drop so low by next year that it could eventually result in a demand for more water from the Colorado River and from the upper basin states,…
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Vital Colorado River reservoir OK for now, but shortages are on horizon
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U.S. government water managers say a vital reservoir on the Colorado River will be able to meet the demands of Mexico and Southwestern U.S. states for the next 13 months, but a looming shortage could trigger cutbacks in late 2019. The Bureau of Reclamation released a report Wednesday on the health of the river and…
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State of Rockies poll finds Coloradans increasingly worried about state’s water future
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The eighth annual State of the Rockies poll released by Colorado College this week took the public pulse in eight states on public lands and how that’s being handled by the Trump administration, energy, and water. The latter examined attitudes in the West on water, just as Colorado and its western neighbors are facing a below-average…
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Lakes Powell and Mead have a little to cheer about to start 2018
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There’s a little good news at the beginning of 2018 regarding water usage along the Colorado River. Lakes Powell and Mead both ended 2017 at higher levels than at the end of 2016. Water.data.com reported Jan. 1 that Lake Powell, at 490 feet, is at the highest it’s been since 2012, and about 22 feet…
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U.S., Mexico update international treaty over Colorado River
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In an era when the United States and Mexico aren’t exactly on speaking terms on issues like trade and immigration, there is one issue where both nations are cooperating pretty well: water. In Santa Fe, N.M., on Wednesday, representatives of the United States, along with the International Boundary and Water Commission, signed their portion of…
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New study to show massive volume of water Colorado gives up to other states
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Almost 8 million acre-feet of water has left Colorado in the past 20 years that the state could have kept, according to preliminary data from a legislative-commissioned study expected later this year. It’s enough to make a water warrior cry. An acre-foot of water is about 326,000 gallons of water, or enough to satisfy two…
