Upper Colorado River Basin System Conservation Pilot Program
12/15/2022 2:30:45 AM
CATEGORIES:
Agriculture
Business & Industry
Relief, Response & Restrictions
Society & Public Health
Tourism & Recreation
Water Supply & Quality
AFFECTED AREAS:
Colorado
New Mexico
Utah
Wyoming
Start Date: 12/14/2022
- End Date: 12/31/2023
Water users in the Upper Colorado River states of Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico could participate in a conservation program that would pay water users to reduce the amount of water used from the river. The aim is to have the program operating in the 2023 summer.
The Upper Colorado River Commission released its 5-Point Plan in July 2022, aiming to guard critical water levels at Lake Powell and Lake Mead. The first action in that plan was to resume the System Conservation Pilot Program, which was active from 2015 to 2018 and paid water users to use less. Farmers, ranchers, cities, tribes, irrigation districts or industrial users who can show that they have a project that can reduce their water use may be able to participate.
Aspen Journalism (Colo.), Dec 10, 2022
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