The Authority, with support from Precision Water Resources Engineering and Follum Hydrologic Solutions, is developing a Utah Colorado River Accounting and Forecasting (UCRAF) model for select basins in Utah. Pilot efforts first began in the Duchesne River Basin in 2022 and expanded to the Price and San Rafael River Basins in 2023. UCRAF is a drought mitigation planning tool that …

The awards were announced on Friday, January 17 and posted on the Bureau of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Basin website. Funding for the awards comes from the Inflation Reduction Act to provide for river restoration and water supply projects for drought mitigation throughout the Colorado River Basin in Utah. A total of $388.3 million in grant funding was announced by the …