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Not By Much: Colorado River System To Stay Out Of Shortfall Status Through 2019
Analysts are forecasting Lake Mead to end 2019 at just 1,070 feet, or five feet below the Tier 1 shortage trigger. That anticipated elevation is just 20 feet above the Tier 2 shortage stage. If reached, that milestone triggers still more de...
Why One Arizona County Could Upend the Southwest’s Drought Plan
New federal estimates suggest serious water shortages on the Colorado River are closer than thought. While Arizona water users try to cooperate on a conservation fix, one group of farmers stands in the way of a compromise....
Agency Says Lake Mead Could Drop Below Critical Threshold
Nevada’s Lake Mead, the biggest reservoir in the West, is on track to fall below a critical threshold in 2020, according to a new forecast by the Bureau of Reclamation....
Colorado River shortage looming because Lower Basin is using too much water
The Lower Colorado River Basin has gotten 10 million acre feet of “bonus water” since 2000, above and beyond its entitlement under the Colorado River Compact. But we’re about to have a formal shortage declaration because the Lower Basin kee...
5 takeaways from the water-rights ruling over a planned Sierra Vista development
5 takeaways from a 4-3 ruling, in which the Arizona Supreme Court said that the Arizona Department of Water Resources doesn’t have to consider the impacts of Tribute’s groundwater pumping on federally reserved water rights on the San Pedro....