Quick Links

Upcoming Educational Outreach Sessions Register for April 3, 2013 Educational Outreach Webinar Comment Period Extended through April 19, 2013 Final Study Reports                News Release Fact Sheets, Outreach Info and Related Studies/Reports Add me to the e-mail list Enter "Add Me" in the Subject line

The Bureau of Reclamation's Upper Colorado and Lower Colorado Regions, in collaboration with representatives of the seven Colorado River Basin States (non-federal Cost Share Partners), submitted a Proposal in June 2009 to fund the "Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study" under Reclamation's Basin Study Program. In September 2009, the Study was selected for funding.

The Study, which began in January 2010, was completed in December 2012. It defines current and future imbalances in water supply and demand in the Colorado River Basin and the adjacent areas of the Basin States that receive Colorado River water for approximately the next 50 years, and develops and analyzes adaptation and mitigation strategies to resolve those imbalances.

The Study characterizes current and future water supply and demand imbalances in the Basin and assesses the risks to Basin resources. Resources include water allocations and deliveries consistent with the apportionments under the Law of the River; hydroelectric power generation; recreation; fish, wildlife, and their habitats (including candidate, threatened, and endangered species); water quality including salinity; flow- and water-dependent ecological systems; and flood control.

Educational Outreach Sessions

Reclamation is conducting three Educational Outreach Sessions to provide in-depth information regarding the findings of the recently completed Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study. Due to the Study’s technical complexity and wide scope, each session will be three hours to provide opportunities to discuss the major phases of the Study: assessment of future water supply and demand, analysis of the future reliability of the Colorado River system, the development and analysis of options and strategies to resolve the projected imbalances in future water supply and demand. 

The Educational Outreach Sessions are scheduled for the following locations and times:

March 25, 1-4 p.m. MDT
Utah Division of Water Resources
Room 1040
1594 West North Temple
Salt Lake City, Utah 84116
No registration is necessary for this in-person session. 

March 26, 1-4 p.m. MST
Arizona Department of Water Resources
Verde Conference Room, 2nd floor
3550 North Central Avenue
Phoenix, Arizona 85012
No registration is necessary for this in-person session. 

April 3, 1-4 p.m. MDT
Webinar
Advanced registration required.  Register here.

Comment Period for Study Reports Extended through April 19, 2013

Project participants, stakeholders, and the general public are encouraged to comment on the information provided in the final Colorado River Basin Study reports. To allow ample time to review the reports, the comment period has been extended through April 19, 2013.  The comments will be summarized and posted to this website, and will be considered in future planning activities in the Basin.

Comments may be submitted in the following ways:
     1. Via this website.
     2. Email to: ColoradoRiverBasinStudy@usbr.gov
     3. U.S. mail to:
          Bureau of Reclamation
          Attention: Ms. Pam Adams, LC-4017
          P.O. Box 61470
          Boulder City, NV 89006-1470
     4. Facsimile transmission to 702-293-8418

Additional information, questions, and/or comments on the Study may be directed to: