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The 500-plus plan to save Lake Mead is monumental – and still solves nothing
Opinion: New details underscore how big – but also how much of a Band-Aid – the plan to keep Lake Mead from tanking really is....
$1.2 trillion infrastructure package: what it means for CAP
President Joe Biden’s recent signing of a $1.2 trillion ...
States are funding a plan to keep Colorado River water in Lake Mead. What will it do?
Since August, top water officials in each state have been negotiating further reductions in a new plan, known as the 500+ Plan. As with many things on the Colorado River, the plan is voluntary — sort of. In fact, a requirement in the DCP ga...
Major extra cuts to be made in Arizona deliveries of Colorado River water next year
The Central Arizona Project’s governing board took the first steps Thursday toward approving Arizona’s share of a plan to save a half-million acre-feet a year of Colorado River water in order to prop up ailing Lake Mead....
With cutbacks imminent, Arizona and other states scramble to save Colorado River water
The Colorado River's worsening water supply outlook has led Arizona, California and Nevada to commit at least $100 million over the next two years to reduce consumption dramatically and keep more water in Lake Mead....