Ten Tribes
Click here to learn about the Ten Tribes Partnership’s accomplishments from the CRWUA Annual Report. Here’s an excerpt: “The Partnership assists member tribes in the development and protection of tribal water resources and addresses technical, legal, economic and practical issues related to the management and operation of the Colorado River. The Partnership formally joined the Colorado […]
Wyoming
Click here to read about Utah’s 2023 accomplishments in the Colorado River Basin from the CRWUA 2023 Annual Report. Here’s an excerpt from the report: “Utah remains committed to ensuring the Colorado River remains a viable resource for the current and future generations who depend on its water. The river is a vital source of both […]
Utah
Click here to read about Utah’s 2023 accomplishments in the Colorado River Basin from the CRWUA 2023 Annual Report. Here’s an excerpt from the report: “Utah remains committed to ensuring the Colorado River remains a viable resource for the current and future generations who depend on its water. The river is a vital source of both […]
New Mexico
Click here to read about New Mexico’s 2023 accomplishments in the Colorado River Basin from the CRWUA 2023 Annual Report. Here’s an excerpt from the report: “January 2023 started the year with flows into New Mexico in the San Juan, Animas, and La Plata Rivers that ranged from 27 % to 133% of the historic average. […]
Nevada
Click here to read about Nevada’s 2023 accomplishments in the 2023 Annual Report. Here’s an excerpt from the report: “While Southern Nevada remains in a Tier 1 federally declared shortage, our region continues to use less than our Colorado River annual allocation, thanks in large part to community conservation. In 2023, the Southern Nevada Water […]
Colorado
Click here to read about Colorado’s 2023 accomplishments in the 2023 Annual Report. Here’s an excerpt from the report: “In January, the Colorado Water Conservation Board approved its update to the Colorado Water Plan. The plan serves as a framework for collaborative efforts to address planning and was created through extensive input from stakeholders throughout the […]
California
Click here to read about California’s 2023 accomplishments in the 2023 Annual Report. Here’s an excerpt from the report: “Water agencies across Southern California took steps in 2023 to further reduce their use of Colorado River water as part of their commitment to implement immediate conservation measures under the Lower Basin Plan for the Supplemental […]
Arizona
Click here to read about Arizona’s 2023 accomplishments in the Colorado River Basin from the CRWUA 2023 Annual Report. Here’s an excerpt from the report: “Arizona began 2023 in the first-ever declared Tier 2a shortage for Colorado River operations. This represented a 592,000 acre-foot reduction to Arizona’s Colorado River supply, constituting 34% of Central Arizona Project’s […]
Reclamation
In 2023, the Colorado River experienced significant improvement in the system due to above-average hydrology and ongoing conservation efforts. This allowed for Glen Canyon Dam’s annual release volume, originally set at 7.0 million acre-feet for water year 2023, to increase downstream flows to approximately 8.58 maf from Lake Powell to Lake Mead. Lake Mead’s release […]
2023 Conference
Constructing A Resilient Future: Rebuilding from the Ground Up