u.s. bureau of reclamation
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Feds to pay farmers to use less water, reducing Colorado River strain
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The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Wednesday announced it will pay farmers in Arizona, Nevada and California to reduce their water use. The newly-created Lower Colorado River Basin System Conservation and Efficiency Program will pay farmers in the the lower basin states of the Colorado River system to conserve water at prices ranging from $330 per acre-foot of water…
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California takes major step to cut back on use of Colorado River water
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California water providers, in a letter Wednesday to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, announced they would conserve up to 400,000 acre-feet annually of Colorado River water in Lake Mead, beginning in 2023 and continuing until 2026. “This water, which would otherwise be used by California’s communities and farms, will meaningfully contribute to stabilizing the Colorado River…
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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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Colorado approves airborne, high-tech measuring system for snow water
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Colorado has approved a $1.9 million snow-measuring initiative based on NASA technology that will help communities across the state better measure and forecast how much water each winter’s mountain snowpack is likely to generate, using planes equipped with sophisticated measuring devices. The Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) has been testing the accuracy of the flight-based…
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Officials learned to stop worrying and love Colorado pikeminnow
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GRAND JUNCTION – Once dismissed as a “trash fish,” the Colorado pikeminnow has come to be regarded by Western Slope water officials as a powerful ally, one they hope retains its usefulness even when the magic of an endangered-species listing is gone. And the listing could be gone relatively soon, once officials figure out how…
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Panel: $57M project to help endangered fish might not work
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A government-commissioned study concludes there’s substantial risk that a $57 million dam and fish bypass proposed on the Yellowstone River won’t meet its goal of helping an ancient, endangered fish species. An independent panel of scientists and engineers conducted the peer-review study for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. They said the agency provided no…
