August 26, 2022
Weekly Wave
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10 vol.
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no. 20
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Water Resources Research Center
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Tucson, AZ
The week of August 15 was full of news about the Colorado River. As announced by US Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Calimlim Touton in mid-June, Monday, August 15, was the deadline for the seven basin states to submit their proposal(s) for accomplishing the targeted two-to-four million acre feet of additional basin-wide cutbacks. The deadline passed without agreement among the states on a plan. On August 16, Reclamation released its Colorado River Basin August 2022 24-Month Study. Based on projected river conditions, a Tier 2a shortage was announced for January 2023. For Central Arizona, this means deeper cuts in water deliveries by the Central Arizona Project.