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The clock is ticking: Negotiations stall on Colorado River water-sharing pact
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save With a critical Nov. 11 deadline fast approaching, negotiators from the seven Colorado River basin states remain at odds over how to manage a river that serves 40 million people and which — experts have long…
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Reclamation Commissioner Touton outlines efforts to safeguard Colorado River basin
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Calimlim Touton touted the accomplishments of the Biden-Harris administration over the past three years, noting efforts that have poured billions of dollars into shoring up the Colorado River basin. Those efforts mean the near-term threat to the river basin has been fended off, and the system has been stabilized…
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Biden administration invests $700M in Colorado River conservation for Lower Basin states
The Biden administration announced Thursday that it will invest $700 million in long-term water conservation projects in the Lower Colorado River Basin. According to the Department of the Interior, the investment could save more than 700,000 acre-feet of water in Lake Mead. An acre-foot of water is the amount it would take to cover one…
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Federal government plans to take more water from already stressed Colorado River Basin reservoirs
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The federal Bureau of Reclamation took the unprecedented step Thursday of starting to release more water from already stressed reservoirs in the Colorado River Basin to support power production at Lake Powell. The agency started releasing more water from Flaming Gorge Dam on the Utah-Wyoming…
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Colorado River management may change under Biden administration
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The new Biden administration could take action on the Colorado River that would go well beyond the president-elect’s term in office. The week of Dec. 14, the seven states that are part of the Colorado…