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 and Resources News Western Water Management 2025
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.