CRAU will discuss millennium drought’s impact on Utah at next public meeting SALT LAKE CITY – The Colorado River Authority of Utah (CRAU) has invited the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to share a critical status update at the Authority’s board meeting next week. WHAT: Status Update on the Current Hydrologic Conditions on the Colorado River WHO: U.S. Bureau of Reclamation …
In the News: Water shortage declared on the Colorado, triggering cuts to Arizona, Nevada and Mexico
For the first time, some users of Colorado River water will not get their promised deliveries after a shortage was officially declared in response to drought-depleted flows on the over-allocated river that furnishes water to 35 million Westerners. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation on Monday announced the cuts totaling 613,000 acre-feet, which will be borne mostly by Arizona growers, citing …