2026 Articles

Reclamation

Check out Reclamation’s 2025 accomplishments in the CRWUA 2025 Annual Report.

Here’s an excerpt:

The Colorado River Basin faces an unprecedented crisis. The river continues to face serious long-term water supply challenges driven by changing hydrology, increased demand and aging infrastructure. Water use has brought this critical water source to historic lows, endangering agricultural production, urban water supplies, and hydropower generation. Recognizing the urgency, the Bureau of Reclamation, working with the seven basin states, tribal nations, the country of Mexico, water managers, agricultural producers and other partners, took action to protect the Colorado River system and the communities that depend on it. This collaborative approach resulted in agreements on near-term water management operations through 2026, providing short-term stability for the system, which materialized as a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to the 2007 Interim Guidelines, and a new Minute (Minute 330) with Mexico.