Plan to address Colorado River Basin water shortages released
Reclamation's draft plan aims to tackle water shortages in Colorado River Basin, potentially revising guidelines for Glen Canyon and Hoover Dams operations.
Plan to address Colorado River Basin water shortages released
Reclamation's draft plan aims to tackle water shortages in Colorado River Basin, potentially revising guidelines for Glen Canyon and Hoover Dams operations.
DOI proposes new operating guidelines for Colorado River system
The Department of Interior wants to revise operating guidelines to save the Colorado River system. The public will have until December 20 to comment on the notice of intent and supplemental...
2023 cuts announced for Colorado River system, Arizona hit hard
The Interior Department announced reductions in Colorado River entitlements today, and Arizona was hit the hardest, losing 21% of its entitlement. The upper basin states and California saw no...
Drought resiliency report highlights federal progress to date
After its creation about a year ago, the administration’s Drought Resilience Interagency Working Group has released its first summary of federal actions taken to date. $13 billion in water-related...
Navajo-Utah Water Rights Settlement Agreement signed, funded
After decades of negotiation, the Navajo-Utah Water Rights Settlement Agreement was signed. Partially funded with federal infrastructure funds, the settlement will help Navajos with no indoor...
For the first time since Lake Mead and the Hoover Dam were constructed in the 1930s, the federal government has declared a water shortage. Arizona will be hardest hit.