Items Tagged with 'Colorado River'

Can Southwest water agencies create a new market for desalinated and recycled water without building pipelines or altering Colorado River water rights?

As Lake Powell and Lake Mead near critical elevations, federal planners face narrowing operational options that could reshape hydropower generation, releases and Colorado River Basin water management.

A draft environmental impact statement by the Bureau of Reclamation outlines post-2026 Colorado River dam operations, assessing coordination, reliability and infrastructure risk in an era of persistent drought. 

As Lake Powell drops toward critical thresholds, engineers are making long-term infrastructure decisions even as Colorado River rules remain unresolved.

A bipartisan bill meant to stabilize financing for an active rural water project is vetoed, exposing how late-stage policy shifts can disrupt infrastructure delivery.

Utah’s Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that blocked state approval for a proposed, privately funded 338-mile pipeline project.

The order keeps in place an earlier ruling blocking Denver Water from increasing the size of the reservoir impounded by the dam. 

The project to raise the dam's height by 131 ft is 60% complete and was scheduled to finish in 2027. 

Federal court judge in Denver is allowing construction to continue ahead of a planned winter pause while lawsuit parties work to reach an agreement.

Shimmick Construction Co. is general contractor under a $373.8-million design-bid-build contract for San Diego's North City Pure Water Facility and Pump Station—a 30-million-gallon-per-day plant that is part of the Pure Water San Diego Program.