Using federal funds, the upper basin states will encourage Colorado River water users to save water by paying them to not use their water rights.
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The Colorado River basin states have until mid-August to produce a plan to conserve water levels at Lake Mead and Lake Powell. So far, the Upper Basin states have submitted a 5-point plan. Both...
Flaming Gorge Reservoir release may buy Lake Powell some time
500,000 acre-feet will be released from Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Utah and Wyoming in an effort to bolster Lake Powell. The plan, announced by the Upper Colorado River Commission, goes to the...