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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| Derived From: | https://www.usbr.gov/rsvrWater/HistoricalApp.html |
| Derived From: | https://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/g4000/NaturalFlow/current.html |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Derived From: | Schmidt, J. C. (2016). Fill Mead First: a technical assessment. Logan UT: Quinney College of Natural Resources, Utah State University. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Derived From: | Schmidt, J. C. (2008). The Colorado River. In A. Gupta, Large Rivers: Geomorphology and Management (pp. 183-224). West Sussex: Wiley. |
| Derived From: | Summit Technologies, Inc. (2019, April 26). Lake Powell Water Database. Retrieved from lakepowell.water-data.com: http://lakepowell.water-data.com/ |
| 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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| 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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