The two basins have not moved any closer to a consensus during their nine-month-long standoff.
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Lower basin calls for upper basin cuts; upper basin says ‘no way’
The upper basin’s proposal, however, says the four states will pursue “parallel activities” that include voluntary, temporary and compensated reductions in use, although the upper basin states do not offer a specific amount of water that they will conserve.
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Demand management discussions continue amid worsening Colorado River crisis
Some have expressed frustration with what they say is the state’s slow pace of a program rollout and want to begin pilot projects to test the program’s feasibility.
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Homestake Reservoir release proves tricky to track
The reservoir release also could have implications for a potential demand-management program, the feasibility of which the state is currently investigating.
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Report: Estimates of future Upper Colorado River Basin water use confound planning
The issue is twofold: With climate change, there is not enough water for the upper basin to develop new projects without the risk of a compact call; and if the past three decades are any indication, the upper basin is not on track to use more water in the future anyway.
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Reservoir-release pilot project in Colorado begins this week to test possible compact call
But even with shepherding, it’s unlikely the entire 1,800 acre-feet will make it to the state line because of this year’s dry conditions.
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Dividing the waters: How a compact call might unfold on Western Slope
Almost all of the water exported from the Western Slope to the Front Range is done with post-compact water rights.
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Mandatory curtailment of water rights in Colorado raised as possibility
If the severe drought persists, and Lake Powell dries up, some say Colorado will have to curtail to prevent a compact call.
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Colorado water managers studying Lake Powell levels issues
With Lake Powell half full and a dry year extending a prolonged drought, water managers and irrigators are studying how to keep the big reservoir operational and avoid a compact call.