The 2012 landmark Colorado River Basin Study identified a major disparity between future water supply and demand, and established three workgroups to figure out how to close the gap. The newest issue of Western Water magazine takes a look at the process and progress in the last two years.

Written by the Foundation’s Gary Pitzer, the November/December issue  features interviews with members of those workgroups and the challenges of completing Phase 1 of the follow-up process. As the magazine went to press, federal officials announced that the reports from these stakeholder groups would not be released until early 2015; release had been set for December.

Workgroups are looking at municipal and industrial conservation and water reuse, agricultural conservation, productivity and water transfers, and environmental and recreational flows.

Read the excerpts from this issue. Purchase a printed magazine or subscribe to the digital, interactive version.