drought contingency plan
Posted Oct 20, 2021, 4:22 am
Emma VandenEinde
/Cronkite News
Obtaining water has been a constant source of worry for farmers in Pinal County, and with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced a Tier 1 shortage on the Colorado River in August, farmers will receive one-third of the water supply that would normally be available.... Read more»
Posted Oct 19, 2021, 6:05 am
Olivia Dow
/Cronkite News
Vice President Kamala Harris took a short tour Monday of Lake Mead - which has reached historic low water levels thanks to relentless drought and rising temperatures - and used the opportunity to pitch the Biden administration’s infrastructure and climate plans.... Read more»
Posted Aug 16, 2021, 7:48 am
B. Poole
/Courthouse News
Because of the confluence of relatively recent water rights settlements and a looming shortage of Colorado River water, Native American tribes like the Tohono O’odham Nation and Gila River Indian Community will have growing influence in the water market.
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Posted May 26, 2021, 8:36 am
Alyssa Marksz
/Cronkite News
Arizona and other Western states just lived through the driest year in more than a century, with no drought relief in sight in the near future, experts told a House panel Tuesday. ... Read more»
Posted Aug 13, 2019, 2:43 pm
Brad Udall, John Fleck & Douglas Kenney/Colorado State University, University of Colorado & University of New Mexico /The Conversation
On May 20, federal officials and leaders from seven states signed the Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan, a sweeping new water management agreement for this arid region.... Read more»
Posted Apr 9, 2019, 10:27 pm
Andrew Howard
/Cronkite News
Two weeks after water officials told Congress there was urgent need to approve the Colorado River drought contingency plan, the House and Senate both passed a plan Monday and sent it to the president’s desk.... Read more»
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