Showing posts with label Bureau of Reclamation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bureau of Reclamation. Show all posts
February 1, 2019

Feds start process to manage Colorado River after states miss drought plan deadline

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A view of Hoover Dam is seen from the Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge on Wednesday, Aug. 28, 2018. (Jeff Scheid/The Nevad...
January 31, 2019

Arizona joins Colorado River drought plan

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Decision to join drought plan, authorized by lawmakers and Gov. Doug Ducey, went right up to edge of federal deadline. In this July 28, 2014...
September 5, 2018

Feds hurting Lake Powell to prop up Lake Mead, scientists warn

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The water level on Lake Powell, shown in 2013, dropped by about 100 feet from its high mark. That distance is indicated by the white marks...
June 21, 2017

Colorado’s runoff has peaked

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Lake Powell 65 percent full, but much of it going to Mead Lake Powell By Gary Harmon The Daily Sentinel T he runoff of 2017 is over and...
December 24, 2016

Lake Powell ‘savings account’ has the potential to run dry

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Completed in 1966, the massive concrete structure of Glen Canyon Dam holds back Lake Powell, one of the largest man-made reservoirs in the...
December 15, 2016

Feds give 20 more years to Glen Canyon Dam on Colorado River

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FILE - This Nov. 19, 2012, file photo, shows the high-flow release of water into the Colorado River from bypass tubes at Glen Canyon Dam i...
May 18, 2016

Lake Mead hits new record low

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The levels of Lake Mead, near Las Vegas, have declined in recent years and are approaching critical shortage levels. (Photo: Jay Calderon/...
May 10, 2016

The Drought Goes On: As Lake Mead Sinks, States Agree to More Drastic Water Cuts

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Lake Mead, the West's largest reservoir, is dropping at a rapid rate. Written by Sarah Tory Coachella Valley Independent T hree...
July 18, 2015

Shrinking Colorado River is a growing concern for Yuma farmers — and millions of water users

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By WILLIAM YARDLEY Los Angeles Times T he Colorado River begins as snowmelt in the Rocky Mountains and ends 1,450 miles south in Mexico ...
December 13, 2014

Arizona farmers take hit to stave off water crisis

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Rock Island’s “bathtub ring” illustrates how the water level at Lake Mead has dropped. It is at 1,085 feet, 10 above a level that would tr...
November 8, 2014

Feds to flood Grand Canyon to distribute sediment

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Glen Canyon Dam water release in 2013. (Bureau of Reclamation) Associated Press Arizona Republic PAGE — Campsites along the Colorado ...
September 27, 2014

Glen Canyon Dam, key water source, marks 50 years

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Officials mark the 50th anniversary of the Glen Canyon Dam, a structure that helped usher in a new era in the Southwest. Water flows from th...
August 13, 2014

More Water Headed To Struggling Lake Mead

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In this July 16, 2014 photo, what was once the Echo Bay Marina sits high and dry next to Lake Mead in the Lake Mead National Recreation Ar...
January 28, 2014

Western residents face threat of water rationing as feds reduce water flow

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The 13-year-long drought has resulted in Lake Mead's water level falling over 120 feet, thus endangering the primary water supply for La...
January 25, 2014

Colorado River flow cut sharply across Southwest due to drought

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Glen Canyon Dam. By Miriam Raftery East County Magazine (San Diego’s East County) – For the first time ever, the U.S. Bureau of Recla...