Tag: Lake Mead
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Arizona, Nevada to see Colorado River cuts under federal plan; California unscathed
Update 4 Tanya Trujillo, assistant secretary for water and science at Interior, added in both the lower and upper basins, the Bureau of Reclamation will look at physical modifications to Hoover and Glen Canyon dams to see if there is a way to allow water to be released below either critically low levels at Glen Canyon…
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Feds to announce plans for Colorado River conservation
Recognizing a seven-state plan to conserve up to 4 million acre-feet of water on the Colorado River is not forthcoming, the Department of the Interior on Monday indicated it’s set to announce water conservation plans of its own. The announcement said senior officials from the department would in a Tuesday virtual press conference address current…
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Tax, climate package includes $4 billion to combat drought in Arizona, Colorado, other basin states
Tucked in the U.S. Senate’s tax and climate package is $4 billion for drought resiliency – money that comes at a critical time as the West grapples with dwindling supply from the Colorado River, depleting reservoirs and a drier climate that’s causing the worst wildfires the region has seen this century. The funding would benefit Colorado…
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Federal government plans to take more water from already stressed Colorado River Basin reservoirs
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The federal Bureau of Reclamation took the unprecedented step Thursday of starting to release more water from already stressed reservoirs in the Colorado River Basin to support power production at Lake Powell. The agency started releasing more water from Flaming Gorge Dam on the Utah-Wyoming…
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Western states chart diverging paths as water shortages loom
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save SALT LAKE CITY • As persistent drought and climate change threaten the Colorado River, several states that rely on the water acknowledge they likely won’t get what they were promised a century ago. But not Utah.…
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Colorado River management may change under Biden administration
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The new Biden administration could take action on the Colorado River that would go well beyond the president-elect’s term in office. The week of Dec. 14, the seven states that are part of the Colorado…