Ensuring Long-Term Viability of the Colorado River System Through Early, Proportional Cuts to Water Deliveries During Low Water Years
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Abstract
The Upper Basin of the Colorado River, under current agreements, must prioritize releases between 7.48 and 9.0 million-acre feet of water releases to the Lower Basin each year. These releases control Lower Basin deliveries which, until recently, were at least 8.23 million-acre feet per year. This delivery represents downstream allocations for Mexico, Native American tribes, and Lower Basin states. This report presents a management alternative that allows for proportional releases from Lake Powell based on inflows. Our results in RiverWare (CRSS) modeling show that Lake Powell is kept above power pool elevation longer than without the rule in place.
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Spatial
Coordinate System/Geographic Projection:
WGS 84 EPSG:4326
Coordinate Units:
Decimal degrees
Place/Area Name:
Colorado River Basin
North Latitude
42.7263°
East Longitude
-106.0536°
South Latitude
31.2001°
West Longitude
-120.1662°
Temporal
| Start Date: | 01/01/2019 |
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| End Date: | 12/31/2060 |
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| The content of this resource is derived from | https://www.usbr.gov/rsvrWater/HistoricalApp.html |
| This resource updates and replaces a previous version | Manley, J. L., C. M. Elkin, B. Bollinger (2019). Ensuring Long-Term Viability of the Colorado River System Through Early, Proportional Cuts to Water Deliveries During Low Water Years, HydroShare, https://doi.org/10.4211/hs.51c963a16c9d46c4b091364a8b206269 |
| The content of this resource is derived from | https://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/g4000/NaturalFlow/current.html |
| The content of this resource is derived from | Bureau of Reclamation. (2019, April 26). Lower Colorado River Operations. Retrieved from Reclamation: Managing the West: https://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/g4000/hourly/rivops.html |
| The content of this resource is derived from | Operations Group. (2019, March 5). Upper Colorado Region. Retrieved from Reclamation: Managing Water In the West: https://www.usbr.gov/rsvrWater/HistoricalApp.html |
| The content of this resource is derived from | Schmidt, J. C. (2016). Fill Mead First: a technical assessment. Logan UT: Quinney College of Natural Resources, Utah State University. |
| The content of this resource is derived from | Cooper, J. J. (2019, April 17). Trump signs Colorado River drought plan. KSL.com, pp. https://www.ksl.com/article/46533412/trump-signs-colorado-river-drought-plan. |
| The content of this resource is derived from | MacDonnell, L. J., Getches, D. H., & Hugenberg, W. D. (1995). The Law of the Colorado River: Coping with Severe Sustained Drought. Water Resources Bulletin, 825-836. |
| The content of this resource is derived from | Sandoval-Solis, S., D. C. McKinney, and D. P. Loucks. "Sustainability index for water resources planning and management." Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management 137.5 (2010): 381-390. |
| The content of this resource is derived from | Schmidt, J. C. (2008). The Colorado River. In A. Gupta, Large Rivers: Geomorphology and Management (pp. 183-224). West Sussex: Wiley. |
| The content of this resource is derived from | Summit Technologies, Inc. (2019, April 26). Lake Powell Water Database. Retrieved from lakepowell.water-data.com: http://lakepowell.water-data.com/ |
| The content of this resource is derived from | Udall, B. (2019). Testimony of Brad Udall. The State of Water Reliability in the 21st Century, (pp. 1-15). Washington D.C. |
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| USU Colorado River Basin Class Projects | David Rosenberg | Private & Shareable | None |
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| Name | Organization | Address | Phone | Author Identifiers |
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| David E Rosenberg | Utah State University | |||
| Jack Schmidt | Utah State University |
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Manley, J. L., C. M. Elkin, B. Bollinger (2020). Ensuring Long-Term Viability of the Colorado River System Through Early, Proportional Cuts to Water Deliveries During Low Water Years, HydroShare, http://www.hydroshare.org/resource/37d43993bb4243bbbb5d89610e1b61e3
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