Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
The Colorado River is the lifeblood of the American Southwest. The Bureau of Reclamation has taken actions to secure the basin now and into the future. Reclamation invested over $5 billion for more than 200 projects in the Colorado River Basin.
In the lower basin, 25 conservation agreements have been signed that conserved 2.28 million acre-feet of the 3 million-acre-feet committed by the lower basin states. Lake Mead is up 20 feet from two years ago.
First steps in signing long-term conservation agreements are underway with a $107 million investment into three Gila River Indian community projects, conserving 73,000 acre-feet of water.
In the upper basin, $44.3 million in 174 drought projects has been invested to conserve water. These efforts and improved hydrology have increased Lake Powell by 50-feet since 2021. Long-term conservation agreements are in the works and will be announced soon.
Learn more at usbr.gov/ColoradoRiverBasin
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The Colorado River is the lifeblood of the American Southwest. The Bureau of Reclamation has taken actions to secure the basin now and into the future. Reclamation invested over $5 billion for more than 200 projects in the Colorado River Basin.
In the lower basin, 25 conservation agreements have been signed that conserved 2.28 million acre-feet of the 3 million-acre-feet committed by the lower basin states. Lake Mead is up 20 feet from two years ago.
First steps in signing long-term conservation agreements are underway with a $107 million investment into three Gila River Indian community projects, conserving 73,000 acre-feet of water.
In the upper basin, $44.3 million in 174 drought projects has been invested to conserve water. These efforts and improved hydrology have increased Lake Powell by 50-feet since 2021. Long-term conservation agreements are in the works and will be announced soon.
Learn more at usbr.gov/ColoradoRiverBasin
Find out more about the Bureau of Reclamation: usbr.gov
X: https://x.com/usbr
Facebook: facebook.com/bureauofreclamation
Instagram: instagram.com/bureau_of_reclamation
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/bureau-of-reclamation
Flickr: flickr.com/photos/usbr/albums
