Drought Contingency Plan

June 25, 2024

The 1922 Colorado River Compact ignored available science and overallocated the river’s water, a decision whose effects reverberate today. Now...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Feds ease Colorado River water cuts for thirsty Western states

Courthouse News Service

August 15, 2023

Despite a banner winter, lakes Mead and Powell sit at a combined 36% of capacity. By Bob Leal, Courthouse News...

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

Nevada Current

August 23, 2022

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

NEVADA CURRENT: Lake Powell levels decline below critical threshold

Nevada Current

March 16, 2022

by Jeniffer Solis, Nevada Current The second largest reservoir on the Colorado River has dipped below a key water level...

COLORADO RIVER: An update on efforts of the lower basin states to address worsening conditions

November 24, 2021

While the negotiations have not yet started for the new guidelines for the management of the Colorado River, the lower...

COURTHOUSE NEWS: Feds confirm Colorado River shortage, water-allocation cuts coming in 2022

Courthouse News Service

August 16, 2021

A Bureau of Reclamation report released Monday triggered a Tier 1 shortage among river water users, with Arizona farmers taking...

PERSPECTIVES: The SOURCE Interview with Brenda Burman, Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner

August 7, 2019

Finding solutions for shortages on Colorado River This post, written by Lynn Lipinski, first appeared in SOURCE Magazine and is...

THE CONVERSATION: Western states buy time with a 7-year Colorado River drought plan, but face a hotter, drier future

The Conversation

Imperial Irrigation District

July 10, 2019

By Brad Udall, Colorado State University; Douglas Kenney, University of Colorado Boulder, and John Fleck, University of New Mexico As Midwest...

THIS JUST IN … Imperial Irrigation District files suit in Superior Court over Drought Contingency Plan; Metropolitan responds UPDATED with coverage from The Desert Sun

Metropolitan Water District

April 17, 2019

Petition alleges CEQA violations by Metropolitan Water District From the Imperial Irrigation District: On the same day President Trump signed...

THIS JUST IN … Metropolitan Board steps up to support Drought Contingency Plan; protects Southland’s stored water in Lake Mead

March 12, 2019

From the Metropolitan Water District: With the fate of a long-negotiated deal to protect Colorado River supplies in jeopardy, the...

DR. BRAD UDALL: Is the Colorado River in Crisis?

Climate change Colorado River Notebook News and Features

February 20, 2019

Dr. Udall discusses the Colorado River’s hydrology, climate change impacts, shortage risk, and the Drought Contingency Plan Dr. Brad Udall...

THIS JUST IN … Metropolitan Water District begins drawing down stored water in Lake Mead

January 7, 2019

“If there is no Drought Contingency Plan, we don’t want to leave potentially half a million acre-feet or more locked...

COLORADO RIVER: Metropolitan Committee hears more details on the Drought Contingency Plan

November 14, 2018

Metropolitan Board of Directors expected to vote in December At the October meeting of Metropolitan’s Water Planning and Stewardship Committee,...

The Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan agreement and what it means to Metropolitan