Data centers, mining, wildfire fallout, dam operations, and drought shifts—this week’s Colorado River updates reveal both conflict and hard-won progress.
Tag: water rights
Seven states missed the federal deadline to divide the Colorado River, as tensions rise between Upper and Lower Basin negotiators.
Seven states face a November 11 deadline to agree on Colorado River management or risk federal intervention and basin-wide water cuts.
Reclamation to study California north-to-south water transfers
Reclamation launches review of California’s proposed north-to-south water transfers, with public input open through October 3, 2025.
Trump’s false-pretense water release spurs California legislation
AB 1146 would prohibit false-pretense water releases from federal reservoirs in California. Legal questions over federal preemption may follow.
Moab groups sue to stop a large resort project, claiming it relies on forfeited water rights and threatens wildlife, recreation, and cultural sites.