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NEVADA CURRENT: Citing Nevada’s example, Cortez Masto calls on feds to make other states conserve water

August 23, 2022

by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto joined state water officials Monday to demand immediate federal action on...

STANFORD NEWS: Q&A: Harnessing the power of nature to address water and climate challenges

Stanford University

Colorado River Policy and regulation

August 18, 2022

Felicia Marcus discusses how investments in nature could simultaneously help states bolster water supplies and achieve their climate goals. By...

CAL MATTERS: Colorado River water cut back — except for California

Cal Matters

Colorado River

August 16, 2022

Two other states – but not California – face cuts to Colorado River water in 2023 as the federal government escalates its drought response. But a deal remains out of reach. By Rachel Becker, Cal Matters This story was originally...

NEVADA CURRENT: More water cuts for lower Colorado River Basin states

Nevada Current

Colorado River

August 16, 2022

by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Nevada and Arizona are facing a second year of mandatory water cuts as drought and...

THIS JUST IN … Interior Department Announces Actions to Protect Colorado River System, Sets 2023 Operating Conditions for Lake Powell and Lake Mead

Bureau of Reclamation News

Colorado River

August 16, 2022

From the Department of the Interior: As the worsening drought crisis continues to impact communities across the West, the Department...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Feds order Arizona and Nevada to cut water use as Colorado River levels drop to historic lows

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

August 16, 2022

The amount of water Arizona gets from the Colorado River will be cut by more than 20%, Nevada’s allocation by 8% and California won’t see any cuts — yet. By Hillel Aron, Courthouse News Service As the historic drought in...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Proportionate limits may float Colorado River users through water crisis

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

July 21, 2022

Between the double-decade Millennium Drought and century-old deals overdrafting Colorado River water, the west’s water reserves are drawing dangerously low....

NEVADA CURRENT: Colorado River crisis requires confronting sacred cow

Nevada Current

Colorado River

July 21, 2022

Capping pool size is a drop in the bucket, experts say by Dana Gentry, Nevada Current A cap on the...

STATELINE: Feds Will Cut States’ Access to Colorado River Water

Stateline

Colorado River

June 15, 2022

by Matt Vasilogambros, Stateline Top federal water officials are warning Western states that there will be cuts to their access to Colorado River water next year. With most of the West in severe drought, Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Calimlim...

NEVADA CURRENT: Federal agency warns Colorado River Basin water usage could be cut as drought worsens

Nevada Current

Colorado River

June 14, 2022

by Jennifer Shutt, Nevada Current The federal agency in charge of managing much of the West’s water warned Tuesday that...

COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE: Scientists find the Colorado River was blighted by a worse drought in the 2nd century

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

June 9, 2022

A new study shows that, more than a thousand years ago, the Colorado River Basin had an even worse drought...

THE CONVERSATION: What is dead pool? A water expert explains

The Conversation

Colorado River

May 12, 2022

By Robert Glennon, University of Arizona Journalists reporting on the status and future of the Colorado River are increasingly using the phrase “dead pool.” It sounds ominous. And it is. Dead pool occurs when water in a reservoir drops so low...

THE CONVERSATION: Western river compacts were innovative in the 1920s but couldn’t foresee today’s water challenges

The Conversation

Colorado River

May 4, 2022

By Patricia J. Rettig, Colorado State University The Western U.S. is in a water crisis, from California to Nebraska. An ongoing...

CORNELL CHRONICLE: Western municipal water restraints rise as reservoirs fall

Cornell University

Colorado River

May 4, 2022

By Blaine Friedlander, Cornell University As water restrictions tighten in Southern California in anticipation of summer, the Southwestern United States...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Feds to take water from Wyoming to bolster Lake Powell

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

May 3, 2022

Akin to robbing Peter to pay Paul, the feds say the influx of water into Lake Powell is necessary to keep generating hydroelectric power. By Matthew Renda, Courthouse News Service In a sign of how dire drought conditions have become...