Tag: Upper Basin States

Without another 4-5 years of exceptional snowpack, Lakes Powell and Mead may never refill, challenging federal policy and water planning.

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.

Using federal funds, the upper basin states will encourage Colorado River water users to save water by paying them to not use their water rights.

The Colorado River basin states have until mid-August to produce a plan to conserve water levels at Lake Mead and Lake Powell. So far, the Upper Basin states have submitted a 5-point plan. Both...

500,000 acre-feet will be released from Flaming Gorge Reservoir in Utah and Wyoming in an effort to bolster Lake Powell. The plan, announced by the Upper Colorado River Commission, goes to the...