Bureau of Reclamation
February 5, 2010--Central Valley water pump wars continue on capitol hill (New York Times)
Partisan bickering continues over water pumping restrictions in California's Central Valley, as Republicans attacked a Democratic bill meant to shore up area farmers. The agriculture-heavy area has seen unemployment skyrocket to 40 percent in some parts as a three-year drought has forced farmers to fallow their fields.
January 25, 2010--A-LP association accepts operation of water system (Durango Herald)
The sponsors of the Animas-La Plata Project are taking on the operation and maintenance functions of the water-delivery system instead of hiring an independent contractor. An association created by the sponsors signed a contract Dec. 30, 2009, with the Bureau of Reclamation, which owns the project facilities.
January 5, 2010--Snowpack down, but not out for 2010 (Pueblo Chieftain)
After a strong start in October and November, the moisture in the snowpack has dwindled to just 89 percent in the Arkansas Valley and 83 percent statewide, according to the Natural Resources Conservation Service. Early snowfall totals mean little to the eventual water availability, because it accounts for only about 25 percent of the season total at most sites.
December 17, 2009--As California's underground water vanishes, stimulus funds help drill new wells (Los Angeles Times)
The government is spending $40 million in federal stimulus funds to pull water from underground aquifers in drought-stricken California, even as evidence is growing that the well-drilling boom could degrade the quality of water delivered to millions of residents.
November 16, 2009--Reliability for generations to come (Pueblo Chieftain)
A conversation last week with the Bureau of Reclamation yielded positive results for the Arkansas Valley. “I think they are starting to understand the significance of what we are trying to do, and listening to the Secretary of Interior,” Jim Broderick, director of the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District told the board Thursday.
September 14, 2009--Regional councils key to feds' climate change response (Environmental News Service)
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar today signed an order establishing eight
regional Interior Department Climate Change Response Centers to
coordinate and develop strategies to cope with climate change impacts
on public lands, fresh waters, oceans, fish, wildlife, and cultural
resources.
August 27, 2009--Grant funds used to reduce salinity (Montrose Daily Press)
A Crawford irrigation company received a $5.3 million grant from the
Bureau of Reclamation to reduce salinity in the Colorado River. Grandview
Canal & Irrigation Company will use the grant to pipe nearly five
miles of the Grandview Canal and five miles of associated irrigation
laterals located near Crawford.
August 14, 2009--Corps nixes SDS public hearing (Pueblo Chieftain)
There will be no public hearing on the Southern Delivery System for a permit under Section 404 of the Clean Water Act.
August 11, 2009--State water rights look appealing (Durango Herald)
As the Animas-La Plata Project draws to within a year or two of official completion, a Southwest Colorado water-interests group is scanning a new horizon that could include water rights allocated but not u
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- La Plata West Water Authority
- Lake Nighthorse
- New Mexico
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- San Juan River
- San Miguel River
- Southwestern Water Conservation District
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Water Rights
- Water Storage
August 11, 2009--Salazar to highlight West's water challenges at forum (Pueblo Chieftain)
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said Monday that the West’s limited water supplies face growing pressure from agricultural uses, changing demographics and climate change - underscoring the need for mor
