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Basin States Agree to Reduced Colorado River Deliveries

by Fred Breedlove Less than two weeks ago, we wrote that the Department of Interior proposed reducing Colorado River deliveries in 2022 by 480,000 acre-feet and that Assistant Secretary Trujillo had asked the Basin States for comments on this proposal.  Wasting no time at all, the Basin States responded last week. In a letter dated […]

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Feds Considering Emergency Reductions to Colorado River Deliveries

by Fred Breedlove In an April 8, 2022 letter to each of the seven Colorado River basin states, the Interior Department asked for comments by April 22 about its plan to reduce releases from Glen Canyon Dam to 7.0 million acre-feet (maf) this year, a reduction of 480,000 acre-feet. In the letter, Assistant Secretary for […]

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