A program that aims to conserve Colorado River water in Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming is getting a major cut of $728 million in new funds for drought and climate resilience projects.
that outlines that the states will complete a drought response operations plan, which is expected to be finalized this spring; consider a new management plan to better understand how the states are consuming water; and continue "strict water management and administration within the available annual water supply" within the four states.
"The System Conservation Pilot Program is a significant piece of that. It's framed ... on temporary, voluntary and compensated reductions in consumptive water use," said Chuck Cullom, the Colorado River programs manager, during a meeting on the subject last month, noting at that time the Upper Basin states had yet to determine how many projects it will approve or how much water will be saved.
The deadline for the 2023 projects was Feb. 1. Collum said that while the focus is 2023, there is "no way" that the program could spend $125 million this year. It's up to the states to agree to expand the program. The entire $728 million in funding comes from the 2021 Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act, though the Upper Colorado River Basin project is funded by the latter of the two. The Bureau of Reclamation is slated to spend over $325 million overall on "drought resilience projects" across the U.S.
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