Drought Impact Reporter

Payments for water cuts in the Colorado River Basin
10/13/2022 5:03:46 PM

CATEGORIES:

Relief, Response & Restrictions
Water Supply & Quality

AFFECTED AREAS:

Arizona
California
Colorado
New Mexico
Nevada
Utah
Wyoming

Start Date: 10/12/2022 -

The Biden administration announced that it intends to pay Colorado River water users to leave water in Lake Mead through $4 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act. Applicants can receive a fixed amount of money per acre-foot of water, depending on how long they can agree to leave the water in Lake Mead. Some stakeholders were considering lowering their water use by hundreds of thousands of acre-feet annually. CNN (Atlanta, Ga.), Oct. 12, 2022

Sources

Bureau of Reclamation . Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Steps for Drought Mitigation Funding from Inflation Reduction Act - Bureau of Reclamation (DC). Wednesday, October 12, 2022 https://www.usbr.gov/newsroom/news-release/4353.
CNN . Biden administration outlines plan to pay for Colorado River water cuts as crisis looms - CNN (GA). Wednesday, October 12, 2022 https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/12/politics/colorado-river-water-cut-payments-interior-climate/index.html.

Payments for water cuts in the Colorado River Basin10/13/2022 5:03:46 PM

Payments for water cuts in the Colorado River Basin
10/13/2022 5:03:46 PM