VOICE OF SAN DIEGO: San Diego Forgoes More Colorado River Water in New Deal Voice of San Diego News August 16, 2024 155By Mackenzie Elmer, Voice of San Diego This story was first published by Voice of San Diego. Sign up for VOSD’s...
PRESS RELEASE: Imperial Irrigation District acts to protect Colorado River, Salton Sea with new Conservation Agreement Press Release/Notice Press Release/Other August 13, 2024 279The Imperial Irrigation District Board of Directors approved a landmark conservation agreement with the federal government to leave up to...
USBR: Advancing Water Management: Installation of eddy covariance stations in the Upper Colorado Basin Maven Agency News July 31, 2024 128From the Bureau of Reclamation: Federal funding for Drought Contingency Plan-related activities in the Upper Colorado Basin is coming to...
INSIDE CLIMATE NEWS: Feds contradict scientific research, say the Salton Sea’s exposed lakebed is not a significant source of pollution for disadvantaged communities Inside Climate News News July 27, 2024 1064The government’s draft environmental assessment, released in June, moves a key water agency closer to approval of a plan that...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: Hoping to reduce Colorado River dependency, Southern California bets big on wastewater recycling Courthouse News Service News July 6, 2024 1360Southern California has become the cradle of water recycling in the United States, with several flagship projects aiming to become...
EOS: Fixing the Flawed Colorado River Compact American Geophysical Union News June 25, 2024 394The 1922 Colorado River Compact ignored available science and overallocated the river’s water, a decision whose effects reverberate today. Now...
EOS: Potential relief for the Colorado River’s near future American Geophysical Union News June 20, 2024 75A new study reveals that precipitation could boost the iconic river’s flow in the next couple of decades despite the...
NASA satellites find snow didn’t offset Southwest groundwater loss NASA/JPL Science June 18, 2024 81By James R. Riordon, NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. Record snowfall in recent years has not been enough...
PRESS RELEASE: Reclamation updates Colorado River consumptive uses and losses data Bureau of Reclamation News Press Release/Other June 8, 2024 182Press release from the Bureau of Reclamation: The Bureau of Reclamation has updated its Colorado River System Consumptive Uses and...
AG ALERT: Habitat concerns muddle Colorado River water plan Ag Alert News June 5, 2024 133For decades, irrigation runoff from Imperial Valley farms has fed the Salton Sea. As farmers cut back on water use,...
DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE: Rising temperatures will significantly reduce streamflow in the Upper Colorado River basin as groundwater levels fall, new research shows Desert Research Institute Science May 24, 2024 124Climate change will dramatically impact streamflow and its contributions to the Colorado River by increasing forest water use and reducing...
GRIST: Tribes could lease their water to dry states. Why is it so hard? Grist News May 16, 2024 93The Colorado River Indian Tribes can now lease water to non-Indigenous users along the drought-stricken river. Most nations can’t do...
USBR: Reclamation finalizes SEIS process to address drought and climate impacts on Glen Canyon Dam and Hoover Dam Bureau of Reclamation News Agency News May 10, 2024 263Interior Department announced earlier this year that historic investments led to record water savings, helped stave off immediate collapse of...
COURTHOUSE NEWS: In blow to green groups, Ninth Circuit upholds federal plan for Glen Canyon Dam Courthouse News Service News April 25, 2024 129Wednesday’s ruling puts the kibosh on claims that the federal government ignored climate change when developing a 20-year plan for...
STANFORD NEWS: For the Colorado River and beyond, a new market could save the day Stanford University News April 20, 2024 148Stanford economist Paul Milgrom won a Nobel Prize in part for his role in enabling today’s mobile world. Now he’s...
