Tag: United States Bureau Of Reclamation
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Reclamation Commissioner Touton outlines efforts to safeguard Colorado River basin
The near-term threats to the Colorado River Basin have been fended off, and the system has been stabilized to protect water deliveries, the ecosystem, and power production, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Calimlim Touton said last week. Speaking at the 2024 Conference on the Colorado River at the University of Colorado Boulder law school,…
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Reclamation: Upper Basin reservoirs insufficient to save Lake Powell
Flaming Gorge Reservoir, which Bureau of Reclamation officials have used twice during the past two years to add water to the rapidly deteriorating Colorado River system, likely has only enough water left for two more emergency releases, according reclamation officials. Last summer, the Bureau of Reclamation ordered the release of 125,000 acre-feet of water from…