Federal officials are enacting a 'significant' emergency Colorado River plan they believe will reduce water consumption by at least 3 million acre-feet over the next few years.
<p>SALT LAKE CITY — Federal officials are enacting a "significant" emergency Colorado River plan they believe will reduce water consumption by at least 3 million acre-feet over the next few years.
</p><p>Department of Interior and Bureau of Reclamation officials on Tuesday released <a href="https://www.usbr.gov/ColoradoRiverBasin/documents/NearTermColoradoRiverOperations/20240300-Near-termColoradoRiverOperations-FinalSEIS-508.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">a final impact statement</a> tied to a near-term plan addressing operations at Glen Canyon and Hoover dams between now and the end of 2026, which is the end of the existing Colorado River Basin agreement.</p><p>It almost finalizes the deal all of the Colorado River Basin entities, including Utah, <a href="https://www.ksl.com/article/50767332/feds-approve-states-near-term-plan-to-cut-colorado-river-use-in-3-states" rel="follow" target="_blank">agreed to in October</a>, with the Lower Basin states of Arizona, California and Nevada reducing their use of the river during that time. In exchange, the states will receive over $1 billion from federal funds dedicated to climate impacts.</p><p>The agencies also announced new agreements with three California water districts that are expected to save about 400,000 acre-feet on top of what the states had agreed on, for nearly $160 million in additional funds.
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