Data to Supplement "What will it take to stabilize the Colorado River?"
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| Owners: | Jian WangHoma SalehabadiKevin Wheeler |
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| Created: | May 03, 2022 at 12:30 p.m. |
| Last updated: | Jul 11, 2022 at 2:45 p.m. (Metadata update) |
| Published date: | Jul 11, 2022 at 2:45 p.m. |
| DOI: | 10.4211/hs.a065c17a6a02463ca9e7d69f22baed10 |
| Citation: | See how to cite this resource |
| Sharing Status: | Published |
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Abstract
The Colorado River is facing an unprecedented water supply crisis due to a 20% reduction of streamflow compared to the 20th century average and to policies that have allowed 21st century consumptive water use to exceed water supplies. To continue to meet demands, storage in the two largest reservoirs in the United States, Lakes Mead and Powell, have fallen from nearly full in 2000 to a projected level of 25% full by the end of the year. Existing drought management policies have thus far been unable to arrest this decline. If the current drought were to continue, substantially greater reductions in consumptive use will be necessary to avoid the loss of hydropower and avoid unpredictable delivery reductions to water users. To address the imbalance between supply and consumption, we identify combinations of limits on Upper Basin consumptive use alongside reduced deliveries to the Lower Basin and Mexico. These adaptation measures need to be applied swiftly to avoid further decline if the current drought persists.
This collection is supplementary data and code referenced in the journal article titled "What will it take to stabilize the Colorado River? ". This collection is to preserve and provide access to data used in the study in the interest of transparency and reproducibility of this work.
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| Start Date: | 01/01/2022 |
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| End Date: | 12/31/2060 |
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This resource was created using funding from the following sources:
| Agency Name | Award Title | Award Number |
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| Future of the Colorado River, Catena Foundation | Grant 202059 | |
| The Walton Family Foundation | Grant 2018-585 | |
| My Good Fund | ||
| David Bonderman fund | ||
| Janet Quinney Lawson Chair in Colorado River Studies endowment | ||
| Utah Water Research Laboratory funding | ||
| Oxford Martin Programme on Transboundary Resource Management |
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