Near-term Colorado River Operations Revised Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation (USBR) | October 26th, 2023
Reclamation is proposing to revise the 2007 Interim Guidelines for the operation of Glen Canyon and Hoover Dams beginning in the 2024 operating year to address the potential for continued low-runoff conditions in the Colorado River Basin. The potential impacts of low runoff conditions in the remainder of the interim period (prior to January 1, 2027) pose unacceptable risks to routine operations of Glen Canyon and Hoover Dams; therefore, modified operating guidelines should be expeditiously developed.
Due to size, this file has been divided. Part one, Part two.
Keywords
allocations, Colorado River, hydropower, risk assessment, Salton Sea, tribal water issues, water project operations, water transfers