River Report Winter 2014/2015 looks into new, bold water conservation efforts in the Colorado River Basin
As the multiyear drought continues across the Colorado River Basin and the two main reservoirs along the river reach lower and lower levels, federal officials and the major users of the river’s water are seeking to avert crisis conditions and offering millions of dollars to stimulate new water conservation proposals, writes Water Education Foundation Writer Gary Pitzer.
Pitzer covers “The Colorado River System Conservation Program: Wringing Even More Savings from the System” in the recently published Winter 2014/2015 edition of River Report.
Launched in October 2014, the Colorado River System Conservation Program aims to curb water use through pilot projects pitched by municipal, industrial and agricultural users throughout the seven Colorado River Basin states. Such projects include potentially fallowing farm fields to tearing out large patches of turf.
The unprecedented action is convening amid conditions that could leave nearly 6 million people without hydropower and impact water supplies to more than 30 million people in the Southwest.
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