The Interior Department privately floated a plan to drill new tunnels through Glen Canyon dam along the Colorado River in a bid to enable water to flow out of the reservoir and maintain hydropower production as a 23-year-long drought pushes…
One proposal would bring cuts of 2 million acre-feet of water for users pulling from the drought-choked Colorado River system, mostly affecting California, Nevada and Arizona, in an attempt to conserve the region’s most valuable commodity: water. The proposal, GBWN's…
California released a proposed plan for Colorado River water conservation that directly contradicts a separate plan proposed by the basin’s six other states Kyle Roerink, executive director of the Great Basin Water Network, said he understands California’s position. Remarking on…
Hopes to forge a plan to reduce Colorado River Basin water use by 15% to 25% this year disintegrated this week with dueling proposals that pit California against Arizona and other basin states, including Wyoming. “In both letters, you have…
Politics and threatened litigation are replacing what is left of the water in the Colorado River as the seven basin states that rely on the West’s largest river try to reach an agreement to cut flows so power generation can…
Six of the seven states that rely on the Colorado River proposed protecting the system’s major reservoirs with downstream reductions. But California, the biggest user, has its own plan under which it would avoid taking cuts. “Nobody wants to give…
Six out of the seven western states that depend on the Colorado River have submitted a plan to cut usage. The proposal from Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Wyoming would account for evaporation in the transport of water…
Six of the Colorado River Basin states signed a proposal to cut water use. However, environmental organizations don't believe the the cuts go far enough. “Instead of bending over backwards to prop up Lake Powell, officials should be making plans…
Six of the states in the Colorado River Basin have signed a compact to address water on the river. However, California - the biggest water user - was noticeably missing. GBWN's Kyle Roerink criticized the agreement, telling 8NN, "the proposal’s…
The Colorado River Basin states are negotiating potential cuts to water allocation. GBWN's Kyle Roerink told the Review Journal the lack of mandatory cuts in the upper basin exemplifies the difficulty of the negotiations and signifies the need for more…