Water Insider The National Integrated Drought Information System updates the Colorado River Basin drought status every Thursday with current data from the previous Tuesday. Today’s update marks an increase in overall areas in some form of drought at 36.58%, up from last week’s 35.17%. All drought categories from D1 to D4 experienced increases as the region prepares to transition into the … Read more
The Bureau of Reclamation held a webinar on Tuesday, October 24 to discuss and summarize the Post-2026 Process and Schedule with interested parties and stakeholders. Attached here is a summary of that virtual meeting with comments from BOR staff. This is a great document to read since it condenses 390 pages of scoping report down … Read more
The Bureau of Reclamation on Friday, October 20, published their Scoping Report for development of new reservoir operational guidelines and strategies for implementation once the 2007 Interim Guidelines expire after the 2026 operational year. The report includes a collection of the comments solicited over 60 days as well was the scoping webinar presentations. The entire … Read more
The National Integrated Drought Information System updates the Colorado River Basin drought status every Thursday with current data from the previous Tuesday. Today’s update reflects a negligible reduction for the total area in drought from the previous week at 35.17%, down from 35.52% the previous week. Severe, Extreme, and Exceptional Drought areas in the basin … Read more
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