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COURTHOUSE NEWS: California bypasses consensus, goes its own way on plan for Colorado River water cuts

February 3, 2023

Golden State officials say they have senior water rights. By Bob Leal, Courthouse News Service While six states came up...

CAL MATTERS: California, other states reach impasse over Colorado River

Cal Matters

Colorado River

January 31, 2023

Despite a federal deadline today, California — the largest user of Colorado River water — has refused to cut back...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: States come up with plan to save Colorado River water

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

January 31, 2023

With the ongoing drought, the outlook for Colorado River is bleak unless huge reductions can be made. By Bob Leal, Courthouse News Service Six of seven states in the Colorado River basin signed off on a consensus-based modeling alternative aimed...

NEVADA CURRENT: Waiting for California: 6 Colorado River states reach agreement even as 7th still on sidelines

Nevada Current

Colorado River

January 31, 2023

by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Six Western states along the Colorado River have reached a tentative agreement to cut back...

CAL MATTERS: Growers brace to give up some Colorado River water

Cal Matters

Agriculture Colorado River

January 17, 2023

The Colorado River’s water transformed the Imperial Valley desert into one of California’s most productive farm regions. But now growers...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: In a water deficit, Arizona contemplates a future without Colorado River access

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

January 10, 2023

Central Arizona Project leaders say policymakers should prepare for the worst-case scenario. By Joe Dohownik, Courthouse News Service Water from the Colorado River covers more than a third of Arizona’s total water usage, but the state is increasingly losing access...

NEVADA CURRENT: Water managers across drought-stricken West agree on one thing: ‘This is going to be painful’

Nevada Current

Colorado River

December 19, 2022

by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Water authorities in the Western U.S. don’t have a crystal ball, but rapidly receding reservoirs...

COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE: Water managers sound alarm over Colorado River

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

December 15, 2022

Water managers have until the end of January to come up with voluntary plans to conserve 2 to 4 million...

NEVADA CURRENT: Upper basin states float temporary conservation plan at Colorado River conference

Nevada Current

Colorado River

December 15, 2022

by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current Half a year ago, seven western states missed a federal deadline to deliver a basin-wide plan that could reduce their use of water from the over-allocated Colorado River in the next year. A comprehensive solution...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Water managers utilizing technology, innovation to combat effects of drought

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

December 14, 2022

One of the panel discussions highlighted new technologies and tools water managers are using to get the most out of...

COMMENTARY: Our farmers are conserving to help Colorado River

Ag Alert

Colorado River Commentary

November 9, 2022

By Tina Shields, Imperial Irrigation District The Imperial Irrigation District, the largest irrigation district in the U.S., announced last month...

AG ALERT: Colorado River may require ‘decisive action,’ U.S. warns

Ag Alert

Colorado River

November 9, 2022

By Peter Hecht , Ag Alert Federal officials have issued a thinly veiled threat to impose new cuts in water deliveries from the Colorado River if California and six other western states fail to reach a conservation agreement to protect...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Supreme Court adds fight over Colorado River water rights to its docket

Courthouse News Service

Colorado River

November 4, 2022

In the drought-prone West, a tribal nation claims the government should have protected its access to water. By Kelsey Reichmann...

THIS JUST IN … Interior Department Initiates Significant Action to Protect Colorado River System

Bureau of Reclamation News

Colorado River

October 28, 2022

Reclamation initiating an expedited, supplemental process to revise the current interim operating guidelines for the operation of Glen Canyon and...

AG ALERT: Farmers brace for water cuts to help river

Ag Alert

Agriculture Colorado River

October 19, 2022

By Peter Hecht, Ag Alert As the Colorado River water crisis deepens amid withering drought in the West, Imperial Valley growers with historic rights to water from the river are making calculations on whether to farm or fallow. This month,...