August 2023
Colorado River Basin States Provide NOI Responses
The Basin States have provided comments to Commissioner Camille Touton regarding the Notice of Intent to prepare post-2026 operating rules for Lake Powell and Lake Mead. The [...]
Upper Division States of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, Acting through the Upper Colorado River Commission, Plan Historic Investment in Water Infrastructure GalleryUpper Division States of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, Acting through the Upper Colorado River Commission, Plan Historic Investment in Water Infrastructure
Upper Division States of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, Acting through the Upper Colorado River Commission, Plan Historic Investment in Water Infrastructure
SALT LAKE CITY – On August 8th, the Upper Division States of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, acting through the Upper Colorado River Commission (UCRC), completed [...]
June 2023
UCRC 303rd Regular (Summer) Meeting in Santa Fe, NM
The UCRC will conduct its 303rd Regular (Summer) Meeting as a hybrid meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Date/Time: June 16, 2023 – 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. [...]
May 2023
Basin States collaborate to analyze potential solutions to protect the Colorado River System
SALT LAKE CITY – The seven Colorado River Basin States have agreed that a proposal developed by the Lower Division States to conserve at least 3 million acre-feet [...]
UCRC Adopts 2023 Drought Response Operations Agreement (DROA) Plan
Download the DROA 2023 Press Statement as a PDF On May 17th, the Upper Division States of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, acting through the Upper [...]
UCRC Provides SCPP Status Update
The Upper Colorado River Commission, with funding from the Bureau of Reclamation, in partnership with the Upper Division States, is implementing 72 System Conservation Pilot Program (SCPP) [...]
UCRC 302nd Meeting (Special Meeting) to Consider 2023 DROA Plan
The UCRC will conduct its 302nd Meeting (Special Meeting) to review and consider the adoption of a 2023 Drought Response Operation Agreement (DROA) Plan. Date/Time: May 17th, [...]
April 2023
UCRC 301st Meeting (Special Meeting) – April 17th, 2023
The UCRC will conduct its 301st Meeting (Special Meeting) to review the status of the SCPP for 2023. Date/Time: April 17th, 2023 - 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 [...]
March 2023
UCRC Staff Engineer Recruitment
Overview The Upper Colorado River Commission (UCRC) is an interstate water administrative agency that works on behalf of the four Upper Division States of the Colorado River [...]
UCRC Update on 2023 System Conservation Pilot Program (SCPP)
The Upper Colorado River Commission (UCRC) has received 88 project proposals to participate in the 2023 System Conservation Pilot Program (SCPP). All 88 proposals have been reviewed [...]
Upper Basin states want to pause some releases from a major Colorado River reservoir
From KUNC: "Four states that use water from the Colorado River are asking the federal government to pause some water releases from Flaming Gorge Reservoir. Utah, Wyoming, [...]
January 2023
Colorado River Basin States Submit Alternative to the Department of the Interior
On December 15, 2022, at the Colorado River Water Users Association meeting in Las Vegas, the Basin States (Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming) [...]
December 2022
System Conservation Pilot Program (SCPP) Reauthorized as Part of Omnibus Bill
The System Conservation Pilot Program (SCPP) for the Upper Colorado River Basin has been reauthorized as part of the Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations Bill. The SCPP [...]
Upper Division States and the Upper Colorado River Commission (UCRC) Comment on Reclamation’s Notice of Intent for a Supplemental EIS for the 2007 Interim Guidelines
On December 20th, the Upper Division States acting through the Upper Colorado River Commission provided collective comments to Reclamation regarding the Notice of Intent (NOI) to proceed [...]
UCRC Press Statement on the Upper Basin System Conservation Pilot Program (SCPP)
PDF of the Press Release For Release: Dec. 14, 2022 Contact: Alyx Richards: 801-531-1150, arichards@ucrcommission.com The Upper Division States of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, acting through [...]
Upper Colorado River officials release details of water savings program
Upper Colorado River basin officials have released details of a conservation program that would pay water users to reduce their use of Colorado River water, with the [...]
Upper Colorado River Basin program gets planned reboot
As climate change continues to shrink the Colorado River’s largest reservoirs, a group of four states that use its water are set to lay out plans to [...]
November 2022
Water Commissioners Want Equity in Colorado River Usage Dispute
Those working in the Upper Basin of the Colorado River to break the impasse over future allocations of the river want to accomplish a few select things: [...]
October 2022
US Announces Lower Colorado River Basin System Conservation and Efficiency Program
On October 12, 2022, the United States announced a portion of the $4 billion allocated in the Inflation Reduction Act will be used to fund a Lower [...]
September 2022
OpenET: Upper Colorado River Commission and Bureau of Reclamation move to satellite-based ET for consistent consumptive water use measurements
“Given recent years of low hydrology, climate change, and increased pressures on water users across the Basin, we don’t have the luxury of not utilizing the best [...]