In the newly released Summer 2017 edition of River Report, Writer Gary Pitzer delves into the successes and challenges of the Colorado River Pilot Conservation Program.

The program was launched in 2014 as a collective effort by the federal government and major urban water suppliers to pay for water-saving measures strictly designed to create “system water” for the benefit of everyone.

The program has been considered historic because water agencies from both the Upper and Lower Colorado River basins and the Bureau of Reclamation agreed to jointly fund voluntary water conservation projects to save water to benefit all in the Colorado River system – not just their own use.

River Report, the Water Education Foundation’s biannual Colorado River newsletter, is a free resource for the public.

Read “Keeping System Conservation Going on the Colorado River” here. Or purchase a printed copy here.