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Some experts say the System Conservation Pilot Program, or SCPP, is costly and may not be the most effective way to save Colorado River water.

Some experts say the System Conservation Pilot Program, or SCPP, is costly and may not be the most effective way to save Colorado River water.

More Colorado River water is used to grow alfalfa than for drinking water, business needs and industrial uses in the basin where California, Arizona and other states fight over restrictions.

More Colorado River water is used to grow alfalfa than for drinking water, business needs and industrial uses in the basin where California, Arizona and other states fight over restrictions.

More Colorado River water is used to grow a single crop than for drinking water, business needs and industrial uses combined across the seven-state river basin that's home to more than 40 million people, a new analysis has found.

The Bureau of Reclamation has inked 82 agreements promising to pay Colorado River water users with Inflation Reduction Act funding if they commit to cutting back on their water usage, an Interior Department leader told a crowd of Western farmers and irrigation district employees at the Family Farm Alliance’s annual conference. 

Coloradans gunning to join a Colorado River conservation program could save up to 17,000 acre-feet of water — six times the savings in 2023.

Some experts say the System Conservation Pilot Program, or SCPP, is costly and may not be the most effective way to save Colorado River water.

A record year for snowfall dug much of the West out of drought, and in Utah, it meant reservoirs at healthy levels, a rise in the Great Salt Lake and promise for Lake Powell. Is it enough, however?

The four states are not taking land and they are not buying water rights. But the Colorado River is in trouble and the Upper Basin states are saving water where they can when it comes to consumptive use.