The Department of the Interior unveiled a proposal Wednesday that would conserve roughly 978 billion gallons of water for Western states in coming years.
The Biden administration took action Wednesday for a historic agreement among Western states to conserve vital water supplies. The Department of the Interior , which has for months worked with state leaders on developing water conservation plans, issued a draft supplemental environmental impact statement laying out two potential options: a no-action alternative and the proposed action to substantially restrict supplies in coming years.
The Colorado River Basin’s reservoirs, including its two largest storage reservoirs Lake Powell and Lake Mead, remain at historically low levels. Today’s advancement protects the system in the near term while we continue to develop long-term, sustainable plans to combat the climate-driven realities facing the Basin,' added DOI Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Calimlim Touton.
Throughout the past year, our partners in the seven Basin states have demonstrated leadership and unity of purpose in helping achieve the substantial water conservation necessary to sustain the Colorado River System through 2026,' Deputy Interior Secretary Tommy Beaudreau said in a statement Wednesday.
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