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The Colorado Sun via AP) Joe Bernal works on his family's farm on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, in Fruita, Colo. With the Colorado River overtaxed, Grand Valley farmers in Colorado now face some of the most urgent questions regarding the future of water in the river and the West. (sltrib.com)
The Colorado Sun, The Associated Press, The Albuquerque Journal, The Salt Lake Tribune, The Arizona Daily Star and The Nevada Independent are working together to explore the pressures on the river in 2022. (sltrib.com)
Hugh Carey/The Colorado Sun via AP) Interstate 70 runs parallel to the Colorado River in parts of Palisade, Colo., near where the town famous for wineries and peaches, meets the high desert Book Cliffs, on Aug. 24, 2022. (sltrib.com)
An Aug. 16 press release from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) stated, "Given ongoing historic drought and low runoff conditions in the Colorado River Basin, downstream releases from Glen Canyon Dam and Hoover Dam will be reduced in 2022 due to declining reservoir levels. (awwa.org)
The unprecedented low level at the Lake Mead reservoir triggered mandatory cuts to Colorado River water deliveries in Arizona (18% of annual apportionment), Nevada (7%) and parts of Mexico (5%) beginning in 2022. (awwa.org)
The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Jonathan Nez, the president of the Navajo Nation gather with local officials as they sign the agreement for the Navajo federal reserved water rights settlement Friday, May 27, 2022. (sltrib.com)
The Salt Lake Tribune) U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney jokes with the crowd before they sign the agreement for the Navajo federal reserved water rights settlement Friday, May 27, 2022. (sltrib.com)
The Salt Lake Tribune) Jonathan Nez, the president of the Navajo Nation speaks at the ceremony of the signing of the agreement for the Navajo federal reserved water rights settlement, in Monument Valley, on Friday, May 27, 2022. (sltrib.com)
There is no reason in 2022 that anyone should be hauling water, Haaland said. (sltrib.com)
The agreement, known as the 500+ Plan, aims to add 500,000 acre-feet of water to the reservoir in both 2022 and 2023, which would raise the reservoir by about 16 feet. (aspentimes.com)
In 2022, Nevada consumed about 225,000 acre-feet of water from the Colorado River, or about 75,000 acre-feet under its normal 300,000-foot allocation, and the latest projections from the federal government show Nevada using just 212,000 acre-feet this year. (reviewjournal.com)
The recently renamed Water Resources and Agriculture Review Committee (WRARC) was created to contribute to and monitor the conservation, use, development, and financing of Colorado's water resources for the general welfare of the state (Section 37-98-102, C.R.S.). In 2022, the committee charge. (colorado.gov)
An estimated 3.3 million people in Colorado are affected by drough t , with 2022 being the driest year to date over the past 128 years. (colorado.gov)
During the 2022 legislative session, the General Assembly considered several measures related to water, including water project funding, groundwater sustainability, watershed resiliency, turf replacement, and other water related efforts. (colorado.gov)

However, the ongoing drought, reduced snowpack and hotter and drier weather have decreased the flows of the Colorado River and resulted in Lake Mead and Lake Powell reservoirs falling to record low levels. (awwa.org)
In response to the ongoing drought in Colorado, the General Assembly passed HB 22-1151 to promote the efficient and maximum utilization of Colorado's. (colorado.gov)

In this aerial photo, a bathtub ring of light minerals show the high water mark on the shore of Lake Mead along the border of Nevada and Arizona on March 6, 2023, near Boulder City, Nevada. (ktar.com)
Visitors stand above and look at the declining expanse of Lake Powell as it feeds into the Colorado River on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, in Page. (reviewjournal.com)
Colorado River Water Shortage in 2023? (westernriver.com)

Both plans heeded a call last year from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, which operates the major dams in the river system, for states to propose how they would cut their water use by roughly 15% and 30% - in addition to existing water cuts agreed upon in recent years. (cbsnews.com)
Inflow into the Colorado River's second largest reservoir was the second-lowest ever last year and current projections from the Bureau of Reclamation suggest this year could be similar. (aspentimes.com)
The signing of the MOU came on the same day that the Bureau of Reclamation released its December 24-month study report, which predicts how much water will flow into Lake Powell, a critical data point for water planners. (aspentimes.com)
On Thursday, the federal Bureau of Reclamation announced plans for water cutbacks along the Colorado River. (wbur.org)
After 20 years of drought, and the decline of water levels in Lake Powell and Lake Mead, the two largest reservoirs within the Colorado River Basin, a Drought Contingency Plan was signed in April 2019 , by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, and representatives from all seven basin states. (usgs.gov)
The US Bureau of Reclamation on Tuesday announced Lake Mead and the Lower Colorado River will operate in a Tier 1 water shortage in 2024, effecting water cuts in Arizona, Nevada and Mexico. (kesq.com)
The Bureau of Reclamation announced Tuesday those efforts mean Lake Mead's downstream water release this year will be the lowest in three decades, keeping 1.5 million acre-feet of water in the reservoir - roughly the amount of annual water usage scientists say should be cut to maintain the Colorado River. (kesq.com)
In June of last year, Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Touton said the states needed to reduce water use along the river by as much as 2 million to 4 million acre-feet per year. (reviewjournal.com)

Colorado's use of these waters has an effect on users downstream. (wikipedia.org)
Though originally designed primarily for agricultural water supply, both projects have been increasingly supplying Colorado's growing municipalities. (wikipedia.org)
Various in-state interests make demands on Colorado's scarce water resources, including: Agriculture Environmentalists Industry Colorado's citizens Denver Water (government agency) is the largest municipal supplier in the state. (wikipedia.org)
Surrounding Bernal's land are the vistas of the Grand Valley, a strip of high desert situated on Colorado's Western Slope marked by dusty mesas and cliffs and the winding, ever-present Colorado River, which plunges down from the mountains to the east. (sltrib.com)
When the New York Times declared in a January 2021 headline that "Wall Street eyes billions in the Colorado's water," Colorado water users voiced significant concern about the company's motives. (sltrib.com)
While currently employed by Colorado State University's extension office in Grand Junction, he's working hard to gain insight into one of Colorado's biggest issues - water and its impacts on agriculture. (postindependent.com)
Last week, Colorado's water quality agency gave unanimous preliminary approval to regulate direct potable reuse - the process of treating sewage and sending it directly to taps without first being dispersed in a larger water body. (cpr.org)
Like other cities in Colorado's highly populated Front Range, Greeley gets its water in part from the Colorado River and other rivers that are drying up amid the prolonged drought. (seattletimes.com)
The Legislative Council Staff's Water Policy Handbook is intended to serve as a reference guide to Colorado's water policies and programs. (colorado.gov)
It includes new rules for reducing water uses in times of drought and sharing surpluses in times of plenty, binational water conservation projects, and incentives to save water and store it in the Colorado's reservoirs. (edf.org)

Seven impacted Western U.S. states -- Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Wyoming, California, Nevada and Arizona - took additional action to help mitigate years of declining water levels by participating in many water conservation efforts (such as the Pilot System Conservation Agreement) and implementing measures specified in a 2019 Drought Contingency Plan in coordination with the USBR, which operates the Colorado River system. (awwa.org)
On one side is California and some tribes along the river that want to protect their high-priority rights to the river's water, which they use for drinking and farming. (cbsnews.com)
Officials expect some relief this year from a series of powerful storms that blanketed California and the Western Rocky Mountains, the main source of the Colorado River's water. (cbsnews.com)
In January, six of the seven U.S. states that rely on the Colorado River - Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming and Colorado - outlined how they would conserve significantly more water, but California disagreed with the approach and released its own ideas a day later. (cbsnews.com)
Arizona and California - on opposite sides of the divergent plans - are looking at how to develop "a true seven-state consensus in the coming months," said JB Hamby, who chairs the Colorado River Board of California. (cbsnews.com)
Federal officials say more than 10% of river water evaporates, leaks, and spills - yet Arizona, California, Nevada and Mexico have never accounted for that loss. (cbsnews.com)
Also included are sections on Mexico and each of the seven states - Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming - that share the Colorado River. (watereducation.org)
For years, a sometimes divisive battle has raged as Colorado, Utah, California, Arizona, Wyoming, Nevada and New Mexico all said they weren't getting their share of the precious liquid. (planetsave.com)
Three lower-basin states, Arizona, California and Nevada will use the Lake Mead reservoir behind Hoover Dam to store water they won't use or need right now. (planetsave.com)
Thirty million people depend on water in that region, especially in Southern California, where 26 cities and water districts serve about 18 million customers. (planetsave.com)
In addition to the tier-system cuts, California, Arizona and Nevada came to a historic agreement earlier this year on how to voluntarily slash water usage in exchange for federal funding. (kesq.com)
Last winter was a "gamechanger for us in the short term," said Bill Hasencamp, the manager of Colorado River Resources for the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, which provides water to Los Angeles. (kesq.com)
California is starting to implement a plan to cut 400,000 acre-feet of water annually for the next four years. (kesq.com)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Federal officials said Wednesday that conditions have improved on the Colorado River to the point that a plan by California, Arizona and Nevada to voluntarily reduce water use should help keep the river basin on stable footing for the next few years. (ktar.com)
Earlier this year, the Biden administration released two options that would have forced cuts on Arizona, California and Nevada either proportionally or based on the existing water priority system, which most benefits California. (ktar.com)
Though the federal government needs to finish its regulatory process, Wednesday's announcement indicates it is poised to officially accept that plan, said JB Hamby, chairman of the Colorado River Board of California and a board member at the Imperial Irrigation District, the largest user of the river's water. (ktar.com)
Federal money and a good winter that shored up water supplies across California and the West have helped changed the trajectory of negotiations, he said. (ktar.com)
Nevada, California and Arizona have reached agreement on a plan to dramatically reduce water use along the Colorado River. (reviewjournal.com)
Nevada, California and Arizona have reached an agreement on a plan to significantly reduce water use along the Colorado River, a deal that comes after nearly a year's worth of negotiations over how to save the crumbling river system that provides water to roughly 40 million Americans. (reviewjournal.com)
California, the Colorado River's biggest user, would shoulder more than half of the reductions, with commitments to save 1.6 million acre-feet of the river's waters over the next four years, JB Hamby, chairman of the Colorado River Board of California, said in a statement. (reviewjournal.com)
If the river were shut off, so would water and power to a lot of cities and agricultural enterprises in California and in the Southwest. (westernriver.com)
Officials in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming have been reluctant to propose more draconian water-rationing measures or limits on development. (azfamily.com)
The trade-offs are emerging most prominently in Arizona, which is among the nation's fastest-growing states and has lower-priority water rights than water users to the west, in California. (azfamily.com)

Under this system anyone owning the land through which water ran could use a reasonable amount of water for any purpose as long as it continued downstream and was available for the next land owner. (wikipedia.org)
The focus on agriculture water may help ease the possible water shortage as well as solve issues downstream at two large reservoirs - Lake Mead in Nevada and Lake Powell in Utah. (postindependent.com)
All communities along the Western Slope and downstream are dependent upon water available, including agriculture and municipal use. (postindependent.com)
Water from Lake Powell feeds Lake Mead downstream. (aspentimes.com)
The historic Navajo Bridge spans the Colorado River just downstream from Lee Ferry, the measuring point for upper basin water deliveries to the lower basin. (aspentimes.com)
While we are in a protracted drought, all the rivers we raft will continue to flow downstream to provide critical culinary and agricultural water, and hydroelectric power. (westernriver.com)
Our society depends on water flowing downstream every bit as much as we do for our exciting whitewater rafting trips. (westernriver.com)
With water quality monitoring stations established by the USGS in Garfield County, data collected from these sites are used to warn downstream users. (steamboatpilot.com)
The lake should be drained and the water sent downstream to Lake Mead behind Hoover Dam, which is now less than 40 percent full. (polizeros.com)

Utah Diné (Navajos) will get some 81,500 acre-feet of water per year from the San Juan River, after Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, Department of Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez officially signed the Navajo-Utah Water Rights Settlement on Friday morning in Oljato. (sltrib.com)
It's still unclear where exactly the 500,000 acre-feet of water would come from. (aspentimes.com)
Waylon Wuertz: Pinal County alone, we're gonna be losing 300,000 acre feet of surface water. (cbsnews.com)
300,000 acre feet is 98 billion gallons of water. (cbsnews.com)
In May, they proposed to help shore up water levels by conserving at least an additional 3 million acre feet of water through the end of 2026 in exchange for $1.2 billion in federal money. (ktar.com)
The agreement, announced by the U.S. Department of Interior on Monday, would see the states that make up the Lower Colorado River basin cut their water allocations by as much as 3 million acre-feet by 2026, with half of those savings coming by the end of 2024. (reviewjournal.com)
Under the plan, Nevada would commit to keeping 285,000 acre-feet of water in Lake Mead over the next four years, starting with 75,000 acre-feet in conservation this year, Entsminger said. (reviewjournal.com)
The City Council unanimously approved a deal this spring to acquire an aquifer 40 miles (64 kilometers) to the northwest, providing 1.2 million acre-feet of water. (seattletimes.com)
Under Tuesday's reductions, Arizona will lose an additional 80,000 acre-feet of water - 21% less than its total share but only 3% less than what it's receiving this year. (azfamily.com)

Several man-made reservoirs store water from the 1,450-mile Colorado River, which is a source for drinking water, irrigation and hydropower. (awwa.org)
Both massive reservoirs are key to the reliability of the region's water supply. (awwa.org)
A multi-decade drought in the West intensified by climate change, rising demand and overuse have sent water levels at key reservoirs along the river to unprecedented lows. (cbsnews.com)
But with the federal government threatening unprecedented water cuts amid decades of drought and declining reservoirs, the Upper Basin states of Wyoming, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico are muscling up to protect their shares of an overallocated river whose average flows in the Upper Basin have already dropped 20 percent over the last century. (watereducation.org)
But this summer problems on the drought-stressed river are piling up at a dizzying pace: Reservoirs plummeting to record low levels, whether Hoover Dam and Glen Canyon Dam can continue to release water and produce hydropower, unprecedented water cuts and predatory smallmouth bass threatening native fish species in the Grand Canyon. (watereducation.org)
These reservoirs are now being sucked dry by 40 million different straws - that's the number of people in booming western states who depend on the Colorado to quench their thirst, power their homes, water lawns and splash in the sun. (cbsnews.com)
The Colorado River, with its system of reservoirs and water conveyance infrastructure provides water to more than 40 million people and nearly 5.5 million acres of farmland across the western United States and Mexico. (usgs.gov)
(CNN) - Federal officials are easing water restrictions on the Colorado River next year, an incredible improvement after above-average winter snowpack helped shore up plummeting water levels at the nation's two largest reservoirs. (kesq.com)
However, Lake Powell and Lake Mead - the two largest reservoirs in the United States and the two largest storage units in the Colorado River system - remain at historically low levels. (kesq.com)
The Colorado River's remarkable improvement this year can mostly be credited to last year's phenomenal winter, which raised depleted reservoirs across the West and reversed the freefall at Lakes Mead and Powell. (kesq.com)
The U.S. Department of the Interior said in a statement that the risk of reaching critically low water elevations at Lake Powell and Lake Mead, the river's two key reservoirs, has gone down substantially. (ktar.com)
We have staved off the immediate possibility of the System's reservoirs from falling to critically low elevations that would threaten water deliveries and power production," Deputy Secretary Tommy Beaudreau said in a statement. (ktar.com)
There is a string of reservoirs on the Colorado River below Lake Mead. (westernriver.com)
Over the 30 years it took to progressively lower these reservoirs we have continually been running rafts through Cataract Canyon, the section of the Colorado River that runs into Lake Powell, and on Desolation Canyon, which is the Green River just before it joins the Colorado and enters Cataract Canyon and empties into Lake Powell. (westernriver.com)
Because the states failed to meet a federal deadline to figure out how to cut their water use by at least 15%, they could see even deeper cuts that the government has said are needed to prevent reservoirs from falling so low they cannot be pumped. (azfamily.com)
For years, cities and farms have diverted more water from the river than flows through it, depleting its reservoirs and raising questions about how it will be divided as water becomes more scarce. (azfamily.com)

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Questions about how agriculture, which accounts for about 70% of the state's Colorado River water use, can be more efficient, whether water can be conserved and banked in Lake Powell and what, if anything, to do about someone looking to make a buck on the state's most precious resource, so-called water speculators. (sltrib.com)
Farmers are as concerned as the rest of the state about having enough water for the state's future, Colorado Agriculture Water Alliance confirmed. (postindependent.com)
Work began Friday on one of the state's biggest and most expensive water projects. (cpr.org)
Already, the three states have lowered their water use, said Tom Buschatzke, director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources and the state's representative on Colorado River issues. (ktar.com)
As the state's population explodes and regional water supplies dwindle, recycling water for drinking is a significant opportunity for stretching a limited supply, said Kevin Reidy, conservation specialist for the Colorado Water Conservation Board. (cpr.org)

As result, water rights generate conflict (for example, see Colorado River Water Conservation District v. United States), with many water lawyers in the state. (wikipedia.org)
The Platte River, the Arkansas River, the Rio Grande River and the Colorado River all have their headwaters in Colorado. (wikipedia.org)
In 1902 Kansas took Colorado to the Supreme Court over the water usage of the Arkansas River. (wikipedia.org)
This commission, the brainchild of Delphus E. Carpenter, resulted in the Colorado River Compact. (wikipedia.org)
Colorado has eight major river basins and several aquifers. (wikipedia.org)
The Colorado-Big Thompson Project brings water from the Colorado River Basin to the Front Range of Colorado, primarily in the northeastern corner of the state. (wikipedia.org)
The Fryingpan-Arkansas Project brings water from the Fryingpan River Basin to the southeastern corner. (wikipedia.org)
With the river overtaxed, Grand Valley farmers now face some of the most urgent questions regarding the future of water in Colorado and the West. (sltrib.com)
This is part of a collaborative series on the Colorado River on the eve of the Colorado River Compact, signed nearly 100 years ago. (sltrib.com)
But since 2000 flows on the river have declined 20% and water levels at Lake Powell and Lake Mead have dropped to less than 30% of their combined storage. (sltrib.com)
In the Grand Valley, much of the concern around private, profit-driven investment in the river has focused on a New York investment firm called Water Asset Management, or WAM. (sltrib.com)
Colorado law already requires water be put to a "beneficial use," say, to irrigate a farm, supply taps in cities or be left in the river for environmental or recreational purposes. (sltrib.com)
Extreme and accelerating drought conditions are drastically depleting water levels in the Colorado River Basin, which supplies water from Rocky Mountains snowfall runoff to 40 million people from Wyoming to Mexico. (awwa.org)
The record lows prompted historic action last week when federal officials declared the river's first-ever water shortage and mandatory cuts in accordance with the 2007 Colorado River Operating Guidelines. (awwa.org)
The USBR press release stated, "Today's announcement of a Level 1 Shortage Condition at Lake Mead underscores the value of the collaborative agreements we have in place with the seven basin states, Tribes, water users and Mexico in the management of water in the Colorado River Basin. (awwa.org)
After Gov. Pete Ricketts announced Nebraska would start building a canal in Colorado to better access river water, the neighboring governor fired back saying his state hasn't been withholding water. (wowt.com)
The Biden administration released an environmental analysis Tuesday of competing plans for how seven Western states and tribes reliant on the dwindling water supply from the Colorado River should cut their use but declined to publicly take a side on the best option. (cbsnews.com)
On the other side are the other six states - Colorado, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico - who say it's time to come up with an approach that more fairly shares the river. (cbsnews.com)
The Interior Department did not say how states should get to deeper water cuts but defended its authority to make sure basic needs such as drinking water and hydropower generated from the river are met - even if it means setting aside the priority system. (cbsnews.com)
He said states, Native American tribes and other water users recognized that it would be in no one's interest to stall talks because of the winter's healthy snowpack - which stands at 160% of the median in the Upper Colorado River Basin. (cbsnews.com)
Among the main differences between the two plans is whether states should account for the vast amount of water lost along the Colorado River basin to evaporation and leaky infrastructure as it flows through the region's behemoth dams and waterways. (cbsnews.com)
That's because the state has senior rights to Colorado River water and because of its location, would lose a significant amount of water if such losses were counted. (cbsnews.com)
Perry Cabot, along with several other speakers, provided their expertise on agriculture and water to more than 200 attendees at the 2014 Colorado River District's annual Water Seminar held at Two Rivers Convention Center on Sept. 19. (postindependent.com)
The Colorado River bundle features our beautiful Colorado River poster-size map and our Colorado River Layperson's Guide , updated in 2018. (watereducation.org)
This bundle gives you the resources you need to understand the importance of the Colorado River to nearly 40 million people in seven Western states and Mexico. (watereducation.org)
Add the Layperson's Guide to the Colorado River Delta for an additional $7.50, using the discount code COLORADODELTA. (watereducation.org)
Text on our 24×36-inch Colorado River Basin map, which is suitable for framing, explains the river's apportionment, history and the need to adapt its management for urban growth and expected climate change impacts. (watereducation.org)
Our 24-page Layperson's Guide to the Colorado River Delta provides an overview of the history of the Colorado River Delta, its geographic scope, environmental significance, role within the Colorado River Basin, and issues related to its restoration - including the pulse flow in Minute 319 (the supplemental agreement to the 1944 U.S.-Mexican Water Treaty). (watereducation.org)
The states of the Lower Colorado River Basin have traditionally played an oversized role in tapping the lifeline that supplies 40 million people in the West. (watereducation.org)
They have formed new agencies to better monitor their interests, moved influential Colorado River veterans into top negotiating posts and improved their relationships with Native American tribes that also hold substantial claims to the river. (watereducation.org)
With 25 years of experience working on the Colorado River, Chuck Cullom is used to responding to myriad challenges that arise on the vital lifeline that seven states, more than two dozen tribes and the country of Mexico depend on for water. (watereducation.org)
It's been going on since 1922, seven western states staking their claims on Colorado River Water. (planetsave.com)
The states are promising consultation and negotiation before litigation on Colorado River water issues. (planetsave.com)
The signings took place at Caesars Palace, during a meeting of the Colorado River Water Users Association. (planetsave.com)
The signing of the settlement between the Nation, Utah and the federal government means the tribe has waived the right of the tribe to sue for more water claims to the Colorado River system. (sltrib.com)
The U.S. government will provide $210 million from the Infrastructure and Investment Jobs Act, which Sen. Mitt Romney co-sponsored, and Utah will commit another $8 million for water projects in the Utah portion of the Navajo Nation, which is mostly south of the San Juan River. (sltrib.com)
These were the words used to describe conditions on the Colorado River at the largest annual gathering of water managers and experts in Las Vegas this week. (aspentimes.com)
I just want to manage everyone's expectations," said Chuck Cullom, executive director of the Upper Colorado River Commission and former Colorado River Programs Manager for the Central Arizona Project. (aspentimes.com)
Water scarcity - and a sense of urgency to address it - has underscored this year's Colorado River Water Users Association conference. (aspentimes.com)
One of the culprits was a hot, dry previous summer and fall, underscoring the outsized impacts that continuing drought and rising temperatures from climate change are having on the flows of the Colorado River. (aspentimes.com)
Low reservoir levels and lakes Powell and Mead, the Colorado River system's two largest storage buckets, are topics of discussion at this year's Colorado River Water Users Association conference this week. (aspentimes.com)
Upper Basin Colorado River Commissioner Pat Tyrrell, who represents Wyoming, said the 500+ Plan was a quick action to respond to the quickly deteriorating conditions. (aspentimes.com)
One possibility is paying irrigators to voluntarily leave water in the river. (aspentimes.com)
This card includes information about the Colorado River, who uses the river, how the river's water is divided and other pertinent facts about this vital resource for the Southwest. (watereducation.org)
The drought-stricken Colorado River is in critical condition. (cbsnews.com)
Last summer, the federal government declared the first ever shortage on the river, triggering cuts to water supplies in the Southwest. (cbsnews.com)
Seven states and 30 Native American tribes lie in the Colorado River Basin. (cbsnews.com)
The majestic, meandering Colorado River that cut through these red cliffs, carving the Grand Canyon, is a wonder of nature and human ingenuity. (cbsnews.com)
Bill Whitaker: So what does this tell you about what's happening on the Colorado River? (cbsnews.com)
His father, Congressman Mo Udall, fought to channel river water to Arizona. (cbsnews.com)
As a young man, Brad was a Colorado River guide. (cbsnews.com)
Seventy percent of Colorado River water goes to agriculture. (cbsnews.com)
As part of the Colorado River. (cbsnews.com)
Bill Whitaker: This is Colorado River water? (cbsnews.com)
The headwaters of the Colorado and Gunnison River Basins provide an opportunity to implement NGWOS in a snowmelt-dominated system in the mountain west. (usgs.gov)
Integrated Water Science activities in the Upper Colorado River Basin (UCRB) will include prediction and assessments of water availability. (usgs.gov)
High-fidelity data collection, observations, and data delivery through the Next Generation Water Observing Systems (NGWOS) Program includes installing new monitoring equipment and enhancing existing monitoring networks in the Colorado River Headwaters and Gunnison River subbasins (UCOL). (usgs.gov)
The Upper Colorado River Basin (UCRB) was selected as the second IWS basin because of its importance as a regional water resource in the western US (fig 1). (usgs.gov)
Colorado River and its main tributaries originate in high-elevation mountains of northeastern Utah, western Wyoming, and central Colorado, that surround the UCRB. (usgs.gov)
The effect of salinity (dissolved solids) on water availability is also a major concern in the Colorado River Basin in both the United States and Mexico, where high salinity levels cause damages to infrastructure and reduce agricultural yields. (usgs.gov)
While it's a vast improvement over this year's first-ever Tier 2 shortage, and will give back billions of gallons of Colorado River water to those states, it illustrates the impact of the Southwest's stubborn drought and the effect the climate crisis is having on the region's water resources . (kesq.com)
But bureau commissioner Camille Calimlim Touton said in a statement the region's prolonged drought, which is exacerbated by climate change, has prompted the feds and states to reconsider how to manage the Colorado River going forward. (kesq.com)
The above-average precipitation this year was a welcome relief, and coupled with our hard work for system conservation, we have the time to focus on the long-term sustainability solutions needed in the Colorado River Basin," Touton said. (kesq.com)
For instance, his water district has been able to rely much more on water from California's state water project, meaning it can leave far more of its allocated Colorado River water in Lake Mead. (kesq.com)
Years of overuse by farms and cities and the effects of drought worsened by climate change has meant much less water flows through the river today than in previous decades. (ktar.com)
Hamby said he looks forward to "using that momentum to start to build what the next 20 years looks like on the Colorado River. (ktar.com)
Kyle Roerink of the Great Basin Water Network, a conservation group that has been critical of federal management of the river, said the latest proposal fails to take a hard look at the long-term challenges facing the system. (ktar.com)
Southern Nevada, which gets about 90 percent of its water from the Colorado River, has been aggressive in reducing its overall water consumption through programs like paying residents to remove their thirsty grass. (reviewjournal.com)
It's never been more important to protect the Colorado River System, and this partnership is a critical next step in our efforts to sustain this essential water supply. (reviewjournal.com)
But imports, such as Colorado River water pumped over the continental divide and down to the Front Range, can in many cases be completely used up. (cpr.org)
Water and drought in the Southwest, especially the Colorado River have gotten a lot of attention lately, and deservedly so. (westernriver.com)
Millions of people live in desert cities that depend on Colorado River basin water and the hydroelectric power that it generates. (westernriver.com)
The Colorado River drought crisis in the west is about overuse, not whether the rivers will still be flowing. (westernriver.com)
The Colorado River flow through the Grand Canyon is regulated by pre-planned releases of water at Glen Canyon Dam from the waters of Lake Powell. (westernriver.com)
Remarkably, 40 million people depend on Colorado River water, and 4.5 million people depend on hydroelectric power generated from the length of the Colorado River system! (westernriver.com)
Thornton, Colorado, meanwhile, is fighting legal challenges as it builds a 72-mile pipeline to bring water from a river near Fort Collins to the suburb north of Denver. (seattletimes.com)
The city established its water rights in 1904 and completed its first water treatment facility near the Poudre River three years later, a system still largely in place. (seattletimes.com)
This week, federal officials declared the first-ever water shortage on the Colorado, triggering mandatory cuts from a river that serves 40 million people in the West. (seattletimes.com)
Multiple states rely on water from the Colorado River. (polizeros.com)
A rafter rows down the Colorado River through South Canyon near New Castle. (steamboatpilot.com)
Turbidity in the Colorado River is dropping to levels previous to major wildfires and mudslides that roiled Glenwood Canyon in 2020 and 2021, Silt Public Works Director Trey Fonner said. (steamboatpilot.com)
Whenever loose rock and dirt unearthed from heavy rainstorms barrel into the Colorado River - the main source of drinking and agricultural use for Silt, Rifle and Parachute - sediment increases. (steamboatpilot.com)
You can see that currently in the Colorado River, which recently turned from navy blue to a chocolate-milk brown. (steamboatpilot.com)
Normal levels in the Colorado River fall at 200 NTUs or below, according to data gathered by the United States Geographical Survey agency water monitoring stations along the middle watershed. (steamboatpilot.com)
Fonner is directly responsible for ensuring the treatment plant properly filters Colorado River water into a clean, consumable liquid for Silt residents. (steamboatpilot.com)
Middle Colorado Watershed Council Executive Director Paula Stepp said one of the ways to mitigate turbidity relies on new measurement devices installed up and down the Colorado River. (steamboatpilot.com)
Though Glenwood Springs' primary water source isn't the Colorado River, the city has water monitoring stations at Veltus Park on the Roaring Fork River and at the confluence of the Colorado and Roaring Fork Rivers near Two Rivers Park. (steamboatpilot.com)
Say a colossal rain shower hits Garfield County, and tons of muck and mud flow into the Colorado River, public works directors like Fonner can quickly turn off Silt's intake valve and have the city rely on its water reserves. (steamboatpilot.com)
Recently, Silt used $200,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds to pursue an engineering study on how it can better its methods of pulling water from the Colorado River. (steamboatpilot.com)
Here in the American Southwest, there is less water due to climate change, more people, and continued battles over who gets what water from the all-important Colorado River. (polizeros.com)
The "lords" are embedded in outdated laws that allocated more water than the river has, and in outdated expectations by communities around the basin that the water promised by those laws will someday trickle through their irrigation headgates or flow from their taps. (polizeros.com)
At the scale of the Colorado River Basin, we have largely abandoned the lords, in long and difficult revisions to the old "Law of the River" rules that, if we can actually figure out how to implement them, will bring the basin's water use more closely into line with hydrologic reality. (polizeros.com)
This reservoir - created by Glen Canyon Dam - was conceived and built back in the 1940s and 1950s when the law, science, and flow of water in the Colorado River was radically different. (polizeros.com)
Seventy-five years ago, there were no American environmental laws to protect the Colorado River, the science of climate change did not yet exist, and the flow of water in the Colorado River was much higher. (polizeros.com)
Double-down on water conservation, which is fast, cheap, and easy, and won't result in an environmental group suing to stop cities that are trying to build new river-destroying dams and diversions. (polizeros.com)
Stop all the new proposed dams and diversions in the Colorado River basin. (polizeros.com)
Jennifer Pitt, based in Boulder, CO, is the Colorado River program director at Environmental Defense Fund. (edf.org)
The Colorado River is running swiftly in its delta, where it hasn't flowed for much of the past half century. (edf.org)
This small miracle is the result of new cooperation between the United States and Mexico, part of a treaty that benefits Colorado River water users in both countries. (edf.org)
I've spent the majority of my professional life on making this river flow again, and with my colleagues we have developed scores of reports that define the ecological benefits of a restored Colorado River Delta. (edf.org)
FILE - Visitors view the dramatic bend in the Colorado River at the popular Horseshoe Bend in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, in Page, Ariz., on Sept. 9, 2011. (azfamily.com)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - For the second year in a row, Arizona and Nevada will face cuts in the amount of water they can draw from the Colorado River as the West endures more drought, federal officials announced Tuesday. (azfamily.com)
They have called the bureau's bluff time and again," Kyle Roerink, the executive director of the Great Basin Water Network, said of the Colorado River basin states. (azfamily.com)
Nothing has changed with today's news - except for the fact that the Colorado River system keeps crashing. (azfamily.com)
The tribe, which is entitled to nearly one-fourth of Arizona's Colorado River deliveries, no longer plans to save its unused water in Lake Mead, as it has in recent years, and instead plans to store it underground. (azfamily.com)

That same day, the Boulder Creek, which flows roughly eastward through town, crested in downtown Boulder at 7.78 feet-the highest water level observed at that location since 1894. (fema.gov)
Romney, who also sponsored the Navajo-Utah Water Rights Settlement , said that he was first approached by Nez to help resolve the controversy around the right to the water that flows through the Navajo Nation. (sltrib.com)
Brad Udall: Well, it's a signal of the long-term problem we've been seeing since the year 2000, which is climate change is reducing the flows of the Colorado significantly. (cbsnews.com)
To us, lower water flows are not a new problem. (westernriver.com)
The water which flows through the Grand Canyon empties into Lake Mead, the reservoir which was created by the Hoover Dam. (westernriver.com)

The Colorado Water Conservation Board also has an important role. (wikipedia.org)
While many U.S. states don't explicitly prohibit this type of water reuse, developing statewide standards can encourage more rapid adoption, said Reidy of the Colorado conservation board. (cpr.org)
The instream flow (ISF) program was created by legislation in 1973, which authorized the Colorado Water Conservation Board (CWCB) to appropriate or acquire water rights of natural streams and lakes to preserve the natural environment without diverting the water. (colorado.gov)
In May 2013, Governor Hickenlooper issued an executive order directing the Colorado Water Conservation Board to develop a "State Water Plan" that would create a roadmap for water use. (cleanwater.org)

The threat of those two options finally forced the three states to reach their own voluntary plan for how to reduce their use of the river's water. (ktar.com)
Now, the states can turn their attention to a new long-term agreement for how to share the river's water beyond 2026. (ktar.com)

The appropriation doctrine was officially adopted in Colorado in 1872 and within 20 years the so-called Colorado Doctrine had been adopted, in whole or part, by most of the states in the Western United States that had an arid climate. (wikipedia.org)
After two decades of negotiations amid the climate crisis and megadrought, the Navajo Nation will now have the capacity, with help from the U.S. and Utah governments, to connect thousands of homes across San Juan County with running water and other basic water needs. (sltrib.com)
The last 22 years has no 20th-century analogue," said Brad Udall, senior water and climate research scientist at Colorado State University. (aspentimes.com)
Brad Udall, a climate scientist at Colorado State University, went out on Lake Powell with us. (cbsnews.com)
Today he analyzes the impact of climate change on water resources. (cbsnews.com)
The dual challenges of population growth and water scarcity are made worse by climate change, said Lisa Dilling, an environmental studies professor at the University of Colorado and director of the Western Water Assessment research program. (seattletimes.com)
As a climate change-fueled megadrought engulfs the American West, some communities are going to extremes to protect their water supplies. (seattletimes.com)
However, there is high uncertainty about the global implications of these effects for future crop production and agricultural water requirements under climate change. (lu.se)
Here we combine results from networks of field experiments and global crop models to present a spatially explicit global perspective on crop water productivity (CWP, the ratio of crop yield to evapotranspiration) for wheat, maize, rice and soybean under elevated [CO 2 ] and associated climate change projected for a high-end greenhouse gas emissions scenario. (lu.se)
The world is changing rapidly, with an increased pace of technological development, new organization of work, increased migration, climate change and increasing water scarcity. (who.int)

John Harold, an Olathe Sweet Corn farmer at Tuxedo Corn Company, said agriculture is just part of the water-shortage solution. (postindependent.com)
When the federal government declared the water shortage, it triggered mandatory cutbacks. (cbsnews.com)
Even in drought shortage years, the amount of water released through these large desert rivers is an exciting volume of water for running rivers. (westernriver.com)

Burman oversees the water supply for Phoenix, which has taken the brunt of the water cuts for the past two years. (kesq.com)
Though the cuts will not result in any immediate new restrictions - like banning lawn watering or car washing - they signal that unpopular decisions about how to reduce consumption are on the horizon, including whether to prioritize growing cities or agricultural areas. (azfamily.com)
Together, the missed deadline and the latest cuts put officials responsible for providing water to cities and farms under renewed pressure to plan for a hotter, drier future and a growing population. (azfamily.com)
After putting last year's burden on the agricultural industry, state officials said this year's cuts would extend to tribes and growing cities that rely on the Colorado, including Scottsdale. (azfamily.com)

In the Upper Basin, Lake Powell, located on the Utah-Arizona Border, serves as a savings account for the Upper Basin states of Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming, to meet delivery obligations to the Lower Basin. (awwa.org)
On Wednesday, lower-basin water managers signed a memorandum of understanding, or MOU, to spend up to $200 million to keep levels in Lake Mead from dropping to dangerously low levels. (aspentimes.com)
The lower-basin water users have recognized we don't have a lot of time to wait. (aspentimes.com)
Each IWS basin will represent a larger region, and high-density monitoring and cutting-edge research will be used to better understand and model factors affecting water availability (quantity, quality, and use) in the basins, the larger regions, and the Nation. (usgs.gov)
Spring snowmelt and streamflow from the headwater areas of the UCRB are central to water availability throughout the basin. (usgs.gov)

Did you know one serving of beef can take up to 1,000 gallons of water to produce? (denverconvention.com)
It will deliver up to 96 million gallons of water per day. (cpr.org)
Silt's storage tanks hold about 1.7 million gallons of water and can support town residents comfortably for at least three to four days, Fonner said. (steamboatpilot.com)
One 5 oz. bottle of the Haws model 9082 will preserve five to twenty gallons of potable water for up to three months. (hawsco.com)

Water scarcity is a main topic of discussion at a gathering of water managers and experts in Las Vegas this week. (aspentimes.com)
I think it's an important tool for the long term because it gives water providers options to respond to future scarcity of water supplies, whether drought-driven or other reasons," said Mark Marlowe, director of Castle Rock Water. (cpr.org)
Wider-ranging potential consequences include water scarcity, forced migration and increased political tensions within and between countries. (who.int)

AWWA is the voice of water in the nation's capital. (awwa.org)
The U.S. Geological Survey is integrating its water science programs to better address the Nation's greatest water-resource challenges. (usgs.gov)
The water level at Lake Mead, the nation's largest man-made reservoir, has plummeted so low that it's currently less than a quarter full and inching dangerously close to a point where not enough water would flow to produce hydroelectric power at the Hoover Dam on the Nevada-Arizona border. (azfamily.com)

The water from the Terry Ranch aquifer near the Wyoming border will not become the primary source of drinking water, but will be a backup source in dry years. (seattletimes.com)
Even more absurd, our water leaders have become obsessed with the dwindling water level in Lake Powell, which serves as a water storage facility for the states of Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming. (polizeros.com)

The compact allocated water to each of the states, allowing agricultural irrigation, urban development, and large projects such as the Hoover Dam and Lake Powell. (wikipedia.org)
The measures helped reduce demands on Lake Mead and included a variety of conservation efforts, water source diversification, underground water storage and reductions in agriculture irrigation. (awwa.org)
One is dealing with irrigation conservation related to split-season watering. (postindependent.com)
The other is irrigation efficiency, comparing the three watering systems - drip, irrigation, and furrow. (postindependent.com)
My son and I have 200 acres of drip irrigation and proved we can grow quality crops with less water. (postindependent.com)
The Colorado Convention Center's water quality and conservation best practices address water quality and conservation methods including chemical management, water-efficient landscaping and irrigation, and building infrastructure (toilets, urinals, sinks, showers) efficiencies. (denverconvention.com)
This memorandum provides information about irrigation districts in Colorado. (colorado.gov)

Grand Valley farmers and ranchers use the water to irrigate tens of thousands of acres, growing everything from peaches and corn to wheat and alfalfa. (sltrib.com)
Western Slope farmers rely on the canal's senior water rights to irrigate about 24,000 acres of farmland. (sltrib.com)
Its waters irrigate farms that produce 90% of the country's winter greens. (cbsnews.com)

Touton has said a 15% to 30% reduction is necessary to ensure that water deliveries and hydroelectric power production are not disrupted. (azfamily.com)

American Water Works Association works closely with government officials on policy and advocacy in the water industry. (awwa.org)
States, tribes and other water users now have until May 30 to comment before federal officials announce their formal decision. (cbsnews.com)
But officials with the Arizona Department of Water Resources said they would not be using that extra water next year to help keep water levels stable in Lake Mead. (kesq.com)
Federal officials said Lake Mead has shown "significant improvement" because of the good winter and the Southwest's water conservation efforts, which have been "funded in part by President Biden's historic Investing in America agenda. (kesq.com)
In Oakley, Utah, about 45 miles (72 kilometers) east of Salt Lake City, officials imposed a construction moratorium on new homes that would connect to the town's overburdened water system. (seattletimes.com)
This could potentially cost between $30-40 million, so Silt officials are looking to obtain grant funding through the Colorado and Federal government. (steamboatpilot.com)

Mountain Mutual Reservoir Company and North Fork Associates (founded by the brothers Ronald and William Blatchley) are the largest private supplier of ground and surface water rights, prior-appropriation and senior water rights, and water engineering services in Colorado. (wikipedia.org)
That's actually a short timeline for developing a new water supply, much speedier than building a reservoir over 20 to 30 years, said Reidy. (cpr.org)

Atlanta, GA - Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) released the report for the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) exposure assessment conducted in and around the Security-Widefield area in El Paso County, Colorado, near Peterson Air Force Base. (cdc.gov)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) announced today the initiation of an exposure assessment in the Security-Widefield area, El Paso County, Colorado (CO) near the Peterson Air Force Base. (cdc.gov)

Peterson Air Force Base (PAFB) is in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (cdc.gov)

Precipitation and snowpack in Nevada and crucially, in Colorado, are way above the median. (polizeros.com)
Low lean loadings of 0.1 mol CO 2 /mol AMP and precipitation was observed in 23 wt% AMP/DMSO with 9 wt% added water, suggesting that some water accumulation might be tolerable while still maintaining the desired properties of the absorption system. (lu.se)

Reporter Ben Markus: Most massive water projects take decades to plan and permit. (cpr.org)
He contends that something's going to have to supply water to the hundreds of thousands of people expected to move into the area over the next few decades. (cpr.org)
The region anticipates rapid population growth over the next few decades, and treating sewage for drinking is how that growth will be met, said Greg Baker of Aurora Water. (cpr.org)
It's like bitcoin," one official jokes - the city believes it has ensured its water supply for decades to come. (seattletimes.com)
Cities like Las Vegas, Phoenix, and Tuscon now use less water in total than two decades ago, despite much larger populations. (polizeros.com)

Karlsson, HK , Karlsson, M & Svensson, H 2024, ' Evaluation of the effect of water on CO 2 absorption in AMP and DMSO systems ', Separation and Purification Technology , vol. 341, 126858. (lu.se)

The central state office is the Colorado Division of Water Resources. (wikipedia.org)
The worry was that a New York hedge fund's outside investors would not have the same economic and sociological calculus in deciding to lease or sell their water as a longtime resident would," Anne Castle, a senior fellow at the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy, and the Environment at the University of Colorado, said. (sltrib.com)
American Water Works Association has the resources and tools you need to progress as a water professional. (awwa.org)
With Colorado currently putting together a water plan to accommodate population growth and reduction in resources, water availability is a hot topic in the agriculture industry these days. (postindependent.com)
This will help deliver long-promised water resources to tribes, certainly to all their non-Indian neighbors, and a solid foundation for future economic development for entire communities dependent on common water resources," Haaland said. (sltrib.com)
Through this partnership, we look forward to equitably advancing our mutual goal of conserving our shared water resources," Gov. Joe Lombado said in a statement. (reviewjournal.com)
helps ensure projects are safe and that project proponents know what will be required of them," said Laura Belanger, water resources engineer with the non-profit Western Resource Advocates. (cpr.org)
In exchange for the aquifer - and a $125 million payment to the city for infrastructure - Greeley will issue the site's former owner, Wingfoot Water Resources, raw water credits that the firm can sell to developers to connect new homes to the city's water supply. (seattletimes.com)

I do think this proposal gives us what we need over the next three years, which is critical," John Entsminger, general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority, said in an interview Monday. (reviewjournal.com)

During the 2021 legislative session, the General Assembly considered several measures related to water, including funding for water projects, water studies, and other water-related bills. (colorado.gov)

The state of Colorado is a headwater state, which means that many rivers in the western and midwestern United States originate in Colorado. (wikipedia.org)
Colorado is known as the "Headwaters State" because several of the West's most important rivers rise in its Rocky Mountains. (wikipedia.org)
Between those efforts and unused apportionments from the Virgin and Muddy rivers, the water-saving commitments under the plan would "not have a real impact on the day-to-day lives of Southern Nevadans," Entsminger said. (reviewjournal.com)
While it is true there is a drought, there are still two of the West's mightiest rivers flowing through the southwest - plenty of water for your rafting trip in Moab Utah, or through the Grand Canyon. (westernriver.com)
Water has long been a source of pride for Greeley, which was founded in 1870 at the confluence of two rivers, the Cache la Poudre and South Platte. (seattletimes.com)

Through the NGWOS Program, existing snow, streamflow, groundwater, and water-quality monitoring networks are being expanded to include state-of-the art data collection that will support hydrologic modeling and advance understanding of snow-dominated hydrologic systems. (usgs.gov)
The PFAS groundwater contamination has migrated beyond the base boundaries and contaminated some local private drinking water well. (cdc.gov)

Since 2005, Colorado has invested over $33 million in State Homeland Security Program and Emergency Management Performance Grants to establish a statewide interoperable trunked radio system that provides continuous coverage for daily operations and emergencies throughout 95 percent of the state. (fema.gov)
Under legislation pushed by Romney, feds to invest $210 million to deliver water to tribe members' homes in Utah. (sltrib.com)
According to FEMA statistics, more than 8 million dollars were paid to Colorado flood insurance policy holders since 1978. (restorationsos.com)
An average of about 12 million dollars per year in damages, caused by floods and water. (restorationsos.com)

At the end of the 19th century many water systems were over-appropriated. (wikipedia.org)
The problem for the northern Colorado town that bears the 19th-century newspaper editor's name: Too many people have heeded his advice. (seattletimes.com)

Haaland said she hauled water in buckets with her grandparents in the Village of Mesita in Laguna Pueblo, a reservation near Albuquerque. (sltrib.com)
The Southern Delivery System is a pipeline that will supply water from Pueblo to the fast-growing Colorado Springs area. (cpr.org)
ATLANTA, GA - The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) reported today it found high levels of lead in the blood of some children who live close to the former Colorado Smelter in Pueblo, CO. (cdc.gov)

In return, the agreement recognizes the water rights of the Nation through the Navajo Treaty of 1868 and provides money to get utilities to the tribe. (sltrib.com)

NSF performs electrical safety certifications for food equipment, municipal water products and systems, on-site wastewater products and pool and spa equipment. (nsf.org)
Brewing beer, cooking food, and refilling water bottles with recycled wastewater could soon become standard practice in a state that's synonymous with its pristine-tasting snowmelt and mountain springs. (cpr.org)
It's currently trying to raise enough funds to upgrade its water and wastewater treatment center, a facility that must work harder and harder every time turbidity increases. (steamboatpilot.com)
Silt Town Administrator Jeff Layman said the town's population was somewhere between 2,000-2,200 residents in 2003, the same year its water and wastewater treatment facility was built. (steamboatpilot.com)

Denver Water has a scenario planning approach that addresses a variety of situations out to 50 years," Lochhead said. (awwa.org)

The majority of the water supply falls as snow in the Rocky Mountains. (wikipedia.org)
Western Slope agriculture and Western Slope water cannot, and will not, be considered as a single, easy-to-go-to solution for the water-supply concerns of others," said Mark Harris, the general manager of the Grand Valley Water Users Association. (postindependent.com)
Indian water rights and efforts to draft comprehensive, collaborative solutions to the river's future water supply-demand shortfall. (watereducation.org)
Anything we can do to protect our safe water supply is so important,'' said Dick Maxfield, who has lived in Greeley for nearly 60 years and watched the population nearly quadruple to nearly 110,000, as new arrivals attracted to relatively low housing prices flock to the city 55 miles (85 kilometers) north of Denver and its mix of jobs in energy, health care and agriculture, including a major meat-packing plant. (seattletimes.com)
In Greeley, the cost of new taps, or connections, to the city's water supply is rising exponentially. (seattletimes.com)
Wingfoot Vice President Kevin Ross called the deal "a great answer for the city of Greeley" to combat drought and ensure long-term water supply. (seattletimes.com)
But if heavy weather events drag on for a longer period of time, town residents might notice something's up with their water supply. (steamboatpilot.com)
From Business: Rampart Supply, formerly Water Systems Inc, supplies Denver, CO with plumbing and heating supplies and fixtures. (yellowpages.com)
Contaminants in surface water resulting from the Standard Mine NPL (EPA National Priority List) Site in Gunnison National Forest have no adverse public health effects on nearby Crested Butte's municipal water supply, says a report released today by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). (cdc.gov)
However, in the unlikely event that the tailings impoundment dam at the mine failed and contaminated water entered the municipal supply, contaminants could adversely affect public health. (cdc.gov)

Run by co-founder Disque Dean Jr., son of a New York real estate developer, WAM has spent millions buying farmland with valuable water rights in this part of Colorado. (sltrib.com)

Three years ago, Water Asset Management purchased a farm from a landowner who was leasing land to Bernal, who farms alfalfa, corn and other crops north of Fruita. (sltrib.com)
Colorado Agriculture Water Alliance also added those crops and animals need water to survive, and of all the water available in Colorado, about 75 percent is diverted for agriculture. (postindependent.com)
Those could be achieved through things like implementing water efficiency measures and idling certain crops for months at a time, Hamby said previously. (ktar.com)

Through his current research, he's suggesting that farmers and Grand Valley residents adopt more efficient water use practices - from crop watering to shorter showers - for its long-term benefits. (postindependent.com)
Rising atmospheric CO 2 concentrations ([CO 2 ]) are expected to enhance photosynthesis and reduce crop water use. (lu.se)
Finally, our results demonstrate the need to expand field experiments and encourage greater consistency in modelling the effects of rising [CO 2 ] across crop and hydrological modelling communities. (lu.se)

Regional modeling and assessments in the UCRB will include evaluations of core indicators for water-availability in addition to focused studies related to the effects of snowpack accumulation and melt on water-budget components and water quality, with an emphasis on salinity. (usgs.gov)

Low calcium and magnesium ions and high sodium ions in soft water adversely affect the results of routine H&E stain. (who.int)

Water in the American Southwest has always been a scarce commodity and in the 12,000 years since the Clovis people dug the first water wells in the region water has continued to be a topic of concern. (wikipedia.org)
Gallagher: You're looking at typical Colorado Spring customers paying between two-and-a-half and three times what they were paying 10 years ago, and the thing isn't even online. (cpr.org)
Ironically, the issue of water conservation is a message we have been sharing with our guests for over 30 years now, as we have watched it worsen to the point that it finally is receiving the media attention that it deserves. (westernriver.com)
That in turn has set off a scramble of growing intensity in places like Greeley to find water for the current population, let alone those expected to arrive in coming years. (seattletimes.com)
Vegas is a world leader is reusing water and has been toilet-to-tap for years. (polizeros.com)

ATSDR evaluated environmental sampling data provided by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and information provided by local citizens and agencies to determine whether exposures to site contaminants in surface water could impact public health. (cdc.gov)
The health consultation can be viewed online at www.atsdr.cdc.gov [PDF, 852 KB] , or at the Crested Butte Library at 507 Maroon Avenue, Crested Butte, Colo. (cdc.gov)
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CO DPHE), with technical assistance from ATSDR Region 8 staff, will participate in federal and state facility specific per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) coordination meetings. (cdc.gov)

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