Lake Mead water levels rising with near-record snowpack melt
Lake Mead is expected to receive a significant water level rise due to melting snowpack entering the Colorado River system.
Tag: Lake Powell
The Colorado River Basin is experiencing a positive water supply change. Lake Powell may receive 10.44M acre-feet by September, but officials remain wary.
Lake Powell's elevation rose due to above-average winter precipitation, but sedimentation reduces capacity. Climate change still threatens the Colorado River system.
Extra releases from Flaming Gorge for Lake Powell ending for now
Reclamation has agreed to a request by the Upper Basin states to suspend emergency water releases from Flaming Gorge that were implemented to boost Lake Powell.
It comes down to seniority, says California about Colorado River
Six of the seven Colorado River Basin states have submitted a "consensus-based modeling alternative" to save the river, but California is holding out due to its senior rights.
Agricultural water entitlements to the Colorado River need to be reduced to save the system, says Bruce Babbitt, former Arizona governor and secretary of interior.