- Southwest Gas serves a diverse customer base across Nevada, California, and Arizona.
- Federal plans impose water cutbacks on Nevada, Arizona, and California, impacting the Colorado River and the city of Denver.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is imposing supply cuts and setting operating guidelines for the Colorado River basin states, including Arizona, Nevada, and California.
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Updated Sep 13
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What happened
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management is imposing supply cuts and setting operating guidelines for the Colorado River basin states, including Arizona, Nevada, and California.
Who's involved
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Federal plans impose water cutbacks on Nevada, Arizona, and California, impacting the Colorado River and the city of Denver.Also in this story
- Mandatory cuts threaten the Colorado River's flow.
- A Lower Basin three-state agreement was reached, alongside a co-authored call for river management action due to severe resource depletion.
- River cutbacks are accelerating the decline of the Salton Sea, which is affecting the environment of Borrego Springs.
- Nevada and Arizona are competing for limited water resources in the Southwest.
Within Southwest Gas serves a diverse customer base across Nevada, California, and Arizona.
The entities involved
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Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
US agency managing offshore energy resources; issues offshore wind leases and Construction and Operations Plans including Vineyard Wind 1.
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Arizona
state of the United States of America
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Colorado River
major river in the western United States and Mexico
- Arizona and Nevada face severe water cuts due to deadlock over the Colorado River's impact on Lake Powell and Lake Mead.
- The Glen Canyon Dam operations are facing a critical juncture regarding the survival of the Humpback Chub, balancing ecological flow requirements against the demands of the Colorado River Basin and climate change.
Related events
- Lower Basin states, including California and Arizona, are facing mandatory water cuts due to the ongoing crisis in the shared management of the Colorado River basin.
- A Department of Interior plan has been issued, leading to water cuts that are pressuring utility credit ratings across affected states.
- Federal government formalized water guidelines for the Colorado River system, emphasizing reservoir levels in Lake Powell and Lake Mead.
- Water cuts are affecting multiple states in the basin, while Joe Lombardo opposes adverse water plan outcomes. The Hoover Dam's operation is tied to river water levels, and DRI studies atmospheric thirst.
- Nevada is challenging federal rules under the Administrative Procedure Act due to the ongoing water crisis, impacting Lower Basin states including Arizona and California.