Update on Colorado River Basin Water Levels
It Appears The Basin States Will Get Three More Years to Develop New Usage Guidelines Federal...
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Tribal voices now being heard at the Colorado River table
Native Americans were not invited to craft the Colorado River Compact in 1922. Now they are at the...
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Colorado River Basin States Agree to Pause Water Releases from Flaming Gorge Reservoir
Water in the West: In a surprise announcement, the seven Colorado River Basin states have actually...
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Colorado River Voluntary Usage Cut Deadline is approaching
January 31 is right around the corner, and once again, it appears that the deadline to establish...
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Water and the West: Water Agencies Unite,Commit to Reducing Demands on Colorado River
“As we consider the long-term aridification of the Colorado River Basin, the math is simple: water uses exceed water supplies. But solving that equation will require all Colorado River water users across every sector to make hard decisions and be fully invested in water conservation if we are going to bring our shared river system into balance.”
John Entsminger
General Manager
Southern Nevada Water Authority
Voluntary Flow Management On the Arkansas Done for 2022
The local stretch of the Arkansas River lost much of its thrill potential Aug. 15, as it does each...
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Water Water, But Not Enough and Not Where it’s Needed
“You can’t use water that doesn’t exist.”
John Fleck
New Mexico Professor and Water Expert
Reinterpreting the Colorado River Compact for the 21st century
In late May, I stood on the lip of Glen Canyon Dam, peering over the concrete edge to study the...
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Drought in the West: Governors Join Forces to Ask for Federal Declaration as First-ever Tier One Water Shortage Declared for the Colorado River
It’s a one-two punch. Just as a bipartisan group of Western governors has urged the federal...
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