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The Bureau of Reclamation is laying out two sharply different alternatives for future Colorado River water cuts: Prioritize reductions based on water rights seniority – California’s preferred option – or distribute cuts evenly across all Lower Basin water users.

The Joe Biden administration presented options to save the Colorado River in an effort to stop it from reaching critically low levels and to end months-long discussions between the seven western states that rely on it.

The Bureau of Reclamation on Tuesday issued a set of potential options to revise the current operation of the Colorado River system, catching the attention of many residents and stakeholders within the system. The Colorado...

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.

The Biden administration Tuesday laid out supply reduction plans to combat decreasing water levels of the Colorado River amid a multi-decade drought.

The Biden administration is proposing reducing Colorado River water deliveries to Nevada, Arizona and California to prop up levels at Lake Mead and Lake Powell. Read more.

A plan to prop up Colorado River reservoirs could for the first time spread shortages evenly across Arizona and other states that use its water.

LAKE TAHOE, Nev. - As the California water officials were conducting their monthly snow survey on Monday, Nevada officials were doing the same.

Contd Figure 12-1: Comparison of Conoco/Magma and 2020 FCP TCu check assays Figure 12-2: Comparison of Conoco/Magma and 2020 FCP ASCu check assays ... | April 4, 2023

LAKE TAHOE, Nev. - As the California water officials were conducting their monthly snow survey on Monday, Nevada officials were doing the same.