Upper Colorado News & Highlights
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News Release – September 30, 2020
SALT LAKE CITY – The Bureau of Reclamation today notified Congress of its intent to transfer ownership of the Hyrum-Mendon Canal and Wellsville Canal, which are part of the Hyrum Project in Cache County, Utah, to the Wellsville-Mendon Conservation District. Lands associated with these two canals will also be transferred. This action follows the recent completion of two similar transfers in Utah. Read More
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News Release – September 28, 2020
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – In a year with low spring runoff and lacking normal summer monsoon rains, Reclamation, the state of New Mexico, the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District and the Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority coordinated closer than ever and took actions together to stretch the limited supply to keep the Rio Grande flowing through Albuquerque while supporting as many uses as possible, including irrigation. Read More
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News Release – September 23, 2020
Reclamation selects Nick Williams to oversee hydropower dams in Interior Region 7SALT LAKE CITY – The Bureau of Reclamation has selected Nick Williams to serve as the new manager for the Power Office in Interior Region 7 – Upper Colorado Basin, headquartered in Salt Lake City. Williams will oversee the operation and maintenance of hydropower facilities in four states. Read More
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News Release – September 18, 2020
Reclamation awards $37.2 million to 11 salinity control projects in Colorado and WyomingSALT LAKE CITY – The Bureau of Reclamation has awarded a total of $37.2 million for 11 salinity control projects in Colorado and Wyoming through its Basinwide and Basin States Salinity Control Programs. When the salinity control features are installed, these projects will prevent approximately 23,426 tons of salt each year from entering the Colorado River. Read More
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News Release – September 16, 2020
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – The Bureau of Reclamation is providing $27 million over the next five years to the Eastern New Mexico Water Utility Authority to continue work on a water system that will provide clean, reliable water for approximately 70,000 Eastern New Mexico residents. Reclamation will provide $14.75 million in fiscal year 2020. The remaining amount will be provided over the following four years as funds are available. Read More
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News Release – September 15, 2020
Reclamation projects Colorado River drought operations for the next 5 years
WASHINGTON – Modeling results for the Colorado River Basin operations released today by the Bureau of Reclamation indicate continued drought and an increased chance of potential water shortages by 2025. The Colorado River Basin is in its 21st year of an extended drought. As reservoir levels decline, Lake Powell and Lake Mead operations are potentially impacted. The Colorado River Simulation System modeling results, released at least three times per year, provide water managers with information needed to plan accordingly for the future. Read More
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News Release – September 11, 2020
WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman announced that Reclamation will invest $3.3 million in 21 projects for WaterSMART Internal Applied Science Tools that build technical capacity within Reclamation. Read More
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News Release – September 2, 2020
FARMINGTON, N.M. – The Trump Administration is building facilities that will provide secure clean and reliable water to the Navajo Nation and rural communities in northwestern New Mexico.
In order to meet this goal, the Bureau of Reclamation awarded $45,945,150 to Archer Western Construction, LLC of Phoenix, Arizona to construct the Tooh Haltsooi Pumping Plant (Pumping Plant Number 4) near the community of Sheep Springs, New Mexico and Bahastl'ah Pumping Plant (Pumping Plant Number 7) near the communities of Twin Lakes and Coyote Canyon, New Mexico. Read More
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News Release – September 1, 2020
Reclamation solicits proposals for hydropower development at Taylor Park Dam
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. – The Department of the Interior is delivering on its promise to facilitate the development of non-federal hydropower on Reclamation projects by soliciting proposals to lease the right to develop hydroelectric power at Taylor Park Dam, part of the Uncompahgre Project, located near Gunnison, Colorado, under a Lease of Power Privilege. An LOPP is a contractual right given to a non-federal entity to use a Reclamation facility for electric power generation consistent with Reclamation project purposes. Read More
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News Release – August 28, 2020
Reclamation and Utah State Parks urge safety precautions on and near reservoirsSALT LAKE CITY—The Bureau of Reclamation and Utah State Parks urge the public to always practice safety precautions on or around bodies of water—including wearing approved personal flotation devices. Utah State Parks manages recreation on 12 Bureau of Reclamation reservoirs across Utah. Those parks are wonderful opportunities for water sports, fishing, camping, hiking and other outdoor activities, especially during scorching late-summer days. Both agencies encourage the public to enjoy outdoor adventures on public lands, rivers, and reservoirs, but remind visitors to always be safe on and around the water. Read More
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News Advisory – August 17, 2020
SALT LAKE CITY – Those working or recreating along the Green River below Utah's Flaming Gorge Dam and the Colorado River below Arizona's Glen Canyon Dam should exercise increased caution as fluctuations in hydropower generation may cause rapid changes in water releases. The Bureau of Reclamation is responding to unusually high energy demand amid excessive summer heat across the western United States. Unscheduled water release fluctuations will occur without warning. Be careful along the river and watch for sudden changes in flow and depth. Read More
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News Release – August 13, 2020
Reclamation begins constructing water system under Aamodt Indian Water Rights SettlementPOJOAQUE, N.M. – The Bureau of Reclamation began construction on August 10, 2020 on a water system that will bring clean drinking water to approximately 10,000 people and ensure a reliable water supply for residents of the Pueblos of Pojoaque, Nambé, San Ildefonso and Tesuque, as well as some residents of Santa Fe County. Read More
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News Release – June 16, 2020
WASHINGTON - The Bureau of Reclamation is launching the 2021 WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency Grant funding opportunity that support water management organizations developing projects that result in quantifiable and sustained water savings, increase the production of hydropower and support broader water reliability benefits. Applications for these grants are due on Sept. 17, 2020, at 4 p.m. MDT. Reclamation is also extending the deadline for the 2021 Drought Resiliency Projects funding opportunity while raising the maximum federal award for each of the two groups of projects. Read More
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News Release – May 20, 2019
Interior and states sign historic drought agreements to protect Colorado River
BOULDER CITY, NEV. – The Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation and representatives from all seven Colorado River Basin states gathered today and signed completed drought contingency plans for the Upper and Lower Colorado River basins. These completed plans are designed to reduce risks from ongoing drought and protect the single most important water resource in the western United States. Read More
Trump Administration takes another step to transfer federal water facilities to local ownership in Utah
Reclamation invests $3.3 million for internal applied science projects to improve modeling, forecasting and data tools
Trump Administration awards $46 million construction contract to build two pumping plants for the Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project
Reclamation responds to power emergency; urges caution on Green River and Colorado River due to the potential for rapid changes in river releases
Reclamation launches WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency Grant funding opportunity and extends drought resiliency project deadline
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