That means 30% of Southern California’s drinking water would be cut off, likely resulting in strict rationing and higher ...
Their proposal would have Arizona, California and Nevada reduce use when water storage in all seven reservoirs across the ...
Tribal leaders from the Colorado River Basin laid out three key ideas they want in any new river operating plan, including a permanent seat the table.
To that end, the four upper basin river states of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming submitted their proposal for how ...
Environmental organizations have influenced Colorado River management in the past. In 2007, they suggested that states take on voluntary water cuts for conservation purposes. That plan was ...
To avoid this scenario, called “deadpool,” negotiators from California and Arizona – which use the most Colorado River water of any states — agreed last summer to massive temporary cuts in ...
The Bureau of Reclamation estimates that Colorado River water users will need to collectively cut up to 4 million acre-feet to avoid catastrophe in the river’s reservoirs. Existing drought ...
The Colorado River's water levels are the lowest they have ... to reduce our use by 20 percent immediately, and we'll need to cut more as the climate warms and further reduces the river's flow." ...
The Colorado River loses 19.3 million acre feet of water per year to cities, farms and evaporation — roughly the amount of ...
The expected cuts need to be enough to prevent the river ... “it gives us a fuller perspective of all the benefits the Colorado River provides,” Richter said. “That 19% going to native ...
Years of overuse by farms and cities, and the effects of drought worsened by climate change has meant much less water flows today through the Colorado River than in previous decades. Despite ...
In response to your Monday editorial on the Colorado River: No, Las Vegas is not to blame ... Every user must cut back and carefully plan for a future in which there will be considerably less ...