“2021 was an extremely dry year in western Colorado and in Utah and all the Colorado River Basin really, so production was down very substantially nationally.”

Source: https://www.kunc.org/news/2023-02-15/beef-prices-expected-to-rise-as-drought-eats-into-ranchers-cattle-counts

A 20-year drought in the Colorado River basin poses critical questions for Arizona's water future.

Source: https://kiowacountypress.net/content/what-arizona-and-other-drought-ridden-states-can-learn-israel%E2%80%99s-pioneering-water%C2%A0strategy

A 65-year-old man is missing after the raft he and his son were in on the Colorado River in Glenwood Canyon capsized, Garfield County Sheriff officials said on Monday.

Source: https://www.lamarledger.com/2023/06/26/man-missing-raft-capsizes-glenwood-canyon/

A farmer, rancher or even a city holds the rights to a certain amount of water that they’re allowed to draw from the Colorado River (or its tributaries) in a given year.

Source: https://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/2023/05/08/colorado-river-conservation-pilot-savings-water/

“Although we're having an amazing season of snowfall and that's incredible, the Colorado River Basin is still in a 23-year megadrought,” Ross said.

Source: https://www.kunc.org/news/2023-04-07/news-brief-with-the-colorado-sun-resorts-provide-worker-housing-and-experts-say-new-snowpack-wont-quench-drought

A one-year-old Guatemalan child was abandoned along the Colorado River Monday afternoon by a smuggler who took him across the border and then left him to fend for himself along the water’s edge.

Source: https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/05/09/congress-must-end-exploitation-unaccompanied-alien-children/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=congress-must-end-exploitation-unaccompanied-alien-children

A record-smashing wet winter offered brief respite from years of compounding drought exacerbated by human-caused climate change on the Colorado River.

Source: https://voiceofsandiego.org/2023/11/06/environment-report-a-love-hate-letter-to-alfalfa/

Before it hits a glass, water taken directly from Lake Mead, the Colorado River or the underground water table must run through two Southern Nevada Water Authority facilities.

Source: https://www.reviewjournal.com/local/local-las-vegas/going-outside-how-to-prevent-heat-stroke-during-dog-days-of-summer-2875433/

California has submitted a rival plan for use of the Colorado River, after six other states accused it of refusing to cooperate in the battle over usage of a dwindling major US watercourse.

Source: https://phys.org/news/2023-02-california-submits-rival-colorado-river.html

Colorado River reservoirs have fallen to alarming levels, prompting growing calls for urgent action to cut water use in seven states.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-01-02/mono-lake-enviros-want-to-end-water-exports-to-los-angeles

FILE - Water flows along the All-American Canal, Aug. 13, 2022, near Winterhaven, Calif. The canal conveys water from the Colorado River into the Imperial Valley.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/colorado/california-arizona-nevada-offer-landmark-drought-deal-to-use-less-colorado-river-water--/article_e50f8465-e812-5338-bbec-82b828c46e13.html

For example, the Gila River Indian Community will receive $50 million from the Lower Colorado River Basin System Conservation and Efficiency Program in each of the next three years for improvements such as new pipelines.

Source: https://flaglerlive.com/colorado-river-tempotrary/

Fortunately, so far no zebra mussels have been found in nearby Mack Mesa Lake, and extensive surveys of the canal and Colorado River also have found no established populations upstream of Highline.

Source: https://www.gjsentinel.com/news/chemical-treatment-planned-to-try-to-eradicate-highline-mussels/article_dbdd10fc-913b-11ed-b81f-0fdc8879a239.html

In 2004, signed an agreement with the federal government that gave them the right to more than six hundred and fifty thousand acre-feet of water, much of it from the Colorado River.

Source: https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-southwest/how-native-americans-will-shape-the-future-of-water-in-the-west

In addition, attendees praised the move as a way to secure irrigation supplies for farmers and ranchers throughout Colorado’s portion of the Colorado River Basin.

Source: https://www.aspendailynews.com/news/public-to-secure-vital-water-right-for-western-slope/article_085e1530-9f0b-11ee-9330-73cdfcfb2981.html

Instead, Tom Buschatzke, director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources, called the proposal a key step in the “ongoing dialogue” among the seven states “as we continue to seek a collaborative solution to stabilize the Colorado River system.”

Source: https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-01-31/states-miss-deadline-for-agreement-on-colorado-river-water

It also means that the water is available for other downstream users on the Western Slope, including for endangered fish in the critical 15-mile reach of the Colorado River in the Grand Valley.

Source: https://www.aspentimes.com/news/river-district-inks-historic-water-rights-deal-for-western-slope/

It draws most of its water from the Colorado River, and if mandatory water restrictions are put into place to further lower water usage, it will affect all 19 million people served by the Water District.

Source: https://gizmodo.com/water-drought-megadrought-climate-predictions-2023-1849921599

"It's a local water supply here in our own watershed, so it reduces the amount of water we have to import from the Colorado River and Northern California," Woodside said.

Source: https://abc7.com/orange-county-water-district-rainwater-supply-storms/12691124/

It sounds like an advertisement for bottled water: The flowing Colorado River emerges high in the Rocky Mountains, from snows untouched by man.

Source: https://www.discovermagazine.com/environment/the-price-of-river-water-may-be-going-up