| 2026-07-15 | Southern Nevada Water Authority
board agreement | Ratify interlocal agreement to use SNWA infrastructure to deliver NDOW water; NDOW pays 75% of Wholesale Delivery Charge ($317/AF as of July 1, 2026).“NDOW will pay 75 percent of the Wholesale Delivery Charge, which will be $317 per acre-foot as of July 1, 2026” | source |
| 2026-07-15 | Southern Nevada Water Authority
board agreement | Board to approve system conservation implementation agreement creating up to 50,000 acre-feet of System Conservation Water in exchange for $16,250,000 in federal funding.“create up to 50,000 acre-feet of System Conservation Water in exchange for $16,250,000 in federal funding” | source |
| 2026-06-12 | The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
board agreement | Authorized General Manager to enter SCIA with Reclamation to add up to 200,000 AF to Lake Mead in 2026; Reclamation to compensate Metropolitan for conserved water.“add up to 200,000 acre-feet (AF) of Colorado River system water to Lake Mead in 2026. Metropolitan would be compensated at $325 per AF” | source |
| 2026-06-12 | The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
board agreement | Authorize the General Manager to enter into an agreement with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to add water to Lake Mead conserved under Metropolitan’s Intentionally Created Surplus Exhibit.“enter into (1) an agreement with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to add water to Lake Mead conserved under Metropolitan’s existing Intentionally Created Surplus Exhibit” | source |
| 2026-06-08 | The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
board agreement | Authorize GM to execute one-year amendment to funding agreement supporting Colorado River Board, Six Agency Committee, and CR JPA; authorize payment of Metropolitan’s share up to $1,022,720 for FY 2026/27.“authorize payment of Metropolitan’s share up to $1,022,720.00 for fiscal year 2026/27” | source |
| 2026-06-03 | Palo Verde Irrigation District
board agreement | Board to discuss and/or approve a Voluntary Supplemental Fallowing Agreement covering August 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026.“Discuss and/or approve Voluntary Supplemental Fallowing Agreement from August 1, 2026 to December 31, 2026” | source |
| 2026-05-20 | Southern Nevada Water Authority
board agreement | Approve agreement assigning a portion of Titanium Metals Corporation's Colorado River water rights to the Authority and setting framework for permanent water service to Titanium Metals within Black Mountain Industrial Complex.“Approve and authorize the General Manager to sign... an agreement... addressing the assignment of a portion of Titanium Metals Corporation’s Colorado River water…” | source |
| 2026-04-21 | Palo Verde Irrigation District
board program | PVID to discuss a Bureau of Reclamation letter regarding Water Conservation Programs for the 2027-2028 water years.“Discuss letter received from the Bureau of Reclamation regarding Water Conservation Programs for the 2027-2028 water years” | source |
| 2026-04-02 | Central Arizona Project
board agreement | Board considered ratifying approval of an Urgent Necessity Contract for Pool 1 embankment and canal repair and received reports on Colorado River conditions and discussions.“Discussion and Consideration of Action to Ratify Approval of Urgent Necessity Contract for Pool 1 Embankment and Canal Repair (Project Reliability^)” | source |
| 2026-03-17 | Palo Verde Irrigation District
board agreement | PVID to review and/or approve the 2026 California Forbearance Agreement.“Review and/or approve 2026 California Forbearance Agreement” | source |
| 2025-12-04 | Central Arizona Project
board agreement | Board reviewed the 2026 Annual Operating Plan, 2025 water operations, and considered approving an amendment to the agreement with Reclamation regarding the 242 Wellfield and Pipeline Conservation Project.“Discussion and Consideration of Action to Approve an Amendment to the Agreement between CAWCD and the Bureau of Reclamation regarding the 242 Wellfield and Pipeline…” | source |
| 2025-11-06 | Central Arizona Project
board resolution | Board considered approving a Board Policy to establish a System Improvement Fee for CAWCD wheeling contracts and received reports on Colorado River conditions and related agreements.“Discussion and Consideration of Action to Approve a Board Policy to Establish a System Improvement Fee for CAWCD Wheeling Contracts (Water Supply^)” | source |
| 2025-01-08 | Coachella Valley Water District
board vote | Board approved appointments to committees including Recycled Water Committee: Matt Roberts & Casey Balch with alternates Case Van Wingerden & Patrick O’Connor.“Recycled Water Committee Matt Roberts & Casey Balch Alternates: Case Van Wingerden & Patrick O’Connor” | source |
| 2024-12-11 | Coachella Valley Water District
board vote | Board engaged FM3 Research to conduct customer polling; motion carried by a 5-0 vote (minutes of Dec 11, 2024).“Engage FM3 Research to conduct customer polling. The motion carried by a 5-0 vote.” | source |
| 2024-11-13 | Coachella Valley Water District
board vote | Board approved the CAPP EIR Addendum by motion (motion carried 5-0) as presented by WSC (minutes of Nov 13, 2024).“Director Holcombe moved, and Director Balch seconded the motion approving the CAPP EIR Addendum. The motion carried by a 5-0 vote.” | source |
| 2024-11-07 | COLORADO RIVER INDIAN TRIBES
USBR letter | Requests inclusion of CRIT's proposed alternative in the Post-2026 NEPA process; opposes any involuntary reallocation of the Tribe's senior water rights without CRIT consent; demands Reclamation justify authority to assess system losses and fix…“Such reallocation of water from the CRIT to Junior priority users violates the injunctive order of the Supreme Court provided in the Consolidated Decree” | source |
| 2024-05-16 | Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Tonto Apache Tribe, Fort Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe, Pueblo of Zuni Tribe, Gila River Indian Community, Yavapai-Apache Nation, Ak Chin Indian Community, Ute Indian Tribe, Jicarilla Apache Nation, Yavapai-Prescott Indian Tribe, Hualapai Tribe, Las Vegas Tribe of Paiute, San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe, San Carlos Apache Tribe, Chemehuevi Tribe, White Mountain Apache Tribe, Pasqua Yaqui Tribe
USBR letter | Tribes demand the United States and Reclamation actively protect Tribal water rights, reject involuntary or uncompensated out-of-priority cuts and development caps, secure equivalent alternative supplies and funding, fully analyze and mitigate impacts,…“To meet its trust responsibility to Basin Tribes, the United States must take actions to actively protect Tribal water rights” | source |
| 2024-03-29 | Gila River Indian Community
USBR letter | Requests Reclamation model the Community Alternative: middle-ground assumptions that more fairly share cuts, protect tribal water settlements, and ensure mitigation/replacement for tribal losses; opposes the Upper Basin and the Lower Basin alternatives as…“The LB Altemative places too much of its proposed Initial Reduction Zone and Static Reduction Zone reduction volumes on Arizona, with a maximum of 760,000 acre-feet…” | source |
| 2024-03-29 | National Audubon Society, Western Resource Advocates, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership, American Rivers, The Nature Conservancy, Environmental Defense Fund, Trout Unlimited
USBR letter | Conservation NGOs ask Reclamation to include their 'Cooperative Conservation Alternative' in the post-2026 EIS and to evaluate tools such as Dual Indicator operations, stewardship/mitigation targets, and a Conservation Reserve to stabilize…“We urge Reclamation to incorporate this Alternative into the NEPA process, evaluating its impact and feasibility alongside other alternatives.” | source |
| 2024-03-28 | Upper Division States of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, Upper Colorado River Commission (UCRC)
USBR letter | Acknowledges completion of 2023 DROA releases, expresses appreciation for Reclamation's collaboration, and states readiness to continue working with Reclamation and to proceed with any 2024 DROA plan in accordance with DROA and the UCRC's…“The Upper Division States and the UCRC stand ready to continue working with Reclamation consistent with DROA.” | source |
| 2024-03-06 | The Colorado River Basin States Representatives of Arizona, California, and Nevada
USBR letter | Submits the Lower Basin Alternative for NEPA analysis and requests adoption: implement a static 1.5 maf reduction to Lower Basin apportionments and deliveries to Mexico, operate based on total system contents, share reductions broadly (including Upper…“This Alternative includes reductions from Lower Basin state apportionments and deliveries to Mexico by 1.5 million acre-feet (maf) (static reduction) under most…” | source |
| 2023-12-20 | Grand Canyon Trust
USBR letter | Calls on Reclamation to analyze tradeoffs of demand reductions, prepare vulnerability assessments, and prioritize conservation and demand reduction to protect communities, cultures, environments, and public health.“Grand Canyon Trust’s Scoping Comments on the SEIS for Near-Term Operations of Lake Powell and Lake Mead dated December 20, 2023 at 11-12. These comments are…” | source |
| 2023-12-11 | The Colorado River Basin States Representatives of Arizona, California, and Nevada (collectively, the Lower Division States)
USBR letter | Supports the No Action Alternative and the Lower Division States' Proposed Alternative; opposes inclusion of elements from Alternatives 1 and 2 in the final SEIS and requests the final SEIS clarify those elements will not be included; urges focus on…“The final SEIS should clarify that elements of Alternatives 1 and 2 will not be included in the preferred alternative.” | source |
| 2023-12-11 | States of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming (Upper Division States), Upper Colorado River Commission (UCRC)
USBR letter | Requests Reclamation make Lower Basin reductions mandatory and enforceable (3.0 maf by 2026) as wet‑water, verifiable conservation (not ICS conversion), reinstate First Draft operational tiers to better protect Lake Powell, and improve accounting…“Reclamation must ensure that the SEIS conservation is mandatory and enforceable, as represented in the Lower Division Proposal, so that the Proposed Action…” | source |
| 2023-12-11 | COLORADO RIVER COMMISSION OF NEVADA
USBR letter | Supports Reclamation's proposed alternative (Lower Basin Proposal) and near-term actions; requests reservoir protection elevations (Lake Mead 1,000' and Lake Powell 3,500'); objects to incorporating parts of eliminated Alternatives without…“The CRCNV supports the proposed alternative's near-term actions that will reduce the risks to the Colorado River Basin.” | source |
| 2023-12-11 | Imperial Irrigation District
USBR letter | Supports Reclamation’s Revised DSEIS and adoption of the Lower Division Proposal (Proposed Action); opposes Action Alternative 2 as legally infeasible and requests deletion/clarification limiting Reclamation to actions authorized under the Law of the River.“IID supports the Lower Division Proposal, the Proposed Action analyzed in the Revised DSEIS” | source |
| 2023-12-11 | Salt River Project, Salt River Valley Water Users' Association, Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District
USBR letter | SRP supports the Revised Draft SEIS Proposed Action (Section 2.7), commends voluntary conservation and federal funding, opposes mandatory reductions beyond existing guidelines, and requests analysis of cumulative hydropower impacts (including LTEMP) and…“SRP supports the Proposed Action alternative outlined in Section 2.7 of the Revised Draft SEIS” | source |
| 2023-12-11 | Front Range Water Council (Denver Water, Northern Water, Pueblo Water, Aurora Water, Colorado Springs Utilities, the Southeastern Colorado Water Conservancy District, Twin Lakes Reservoir and Canal Company)
USBR letter | Supports the proposed action's purpose and hydrology assumptions but requests additional safeguards to protect Lake Powell (including allowing releases below 6.0 MAF to maintain 3,500 ft), inclusion/reanalysis of Alternatives 1 and 2 with additional…“Reclamation should begin to account for system losses within the Lower Basin” | source |
| 2023-12-11 | Colorado River Water Conservation District (Colorado River District)
USBR letter | Requests Lower Basin reductions be mandatory, enforceable, measurable, verifiable, and non-retrievable, distinct from ICS and prior pledges; urges retaining original DSEIS operational tiers, including 6.0 MAF releases when Lake Powell ≤ 3,575', and…“The Colorado River District believes that operational approach from the original DSEIS should remain in the SEIS, so that when Lake Powell is at or below elevation…” | source |
| 2023-12-11 | GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY
USBR letter | Requests any reductions to Tribal statutory water entitlements be voluntary and compensated or replaced; urges Reclamation to revise SEIS to recognize CAP Tribal entitlements as Indian Trust Assets (revise Section 3.18); wait for Q1 2024 runoff data;…“Regardless of which Alternative Reclamation ultimately adopts, Reclamation should ensure any and all reductions to Tribal statutory water entitlements are voluntary…” | source |
| 2023-12-11 | COLORADO RIVER INDIAN TRIBES
USBR letter | Requests Reclamation explicitly acknowledge Alternative 2 is unlawful under the Arizona v. California Decree and NEPA, clarify it lacks authority to reduce CRIT deliveries, analyze environmental impacts of Lower Division Proposal conservation measures, and…“Alternative 2 would have constituted an illegal taking of CRIT's property in violation of the 5th Amendment to the Constitution and a breach of…” | source |
| 2023-12-11 | The Jicarilla Apache Nation
USBR letter | Requests stronger protections for Lake Powell: lower Powell tiers, limit annual releases, eliminate balancing at certain elevations, require fully executed binding conservation contracts, apportion evaporation and transit losses to the Lower Basin, and…“Specifically, Powell tiers should be adjusted downward, annual releases from Powell should be limited, balancing should be eliminated at certain elevations, and…” | source |
| 2023-12-11 | QUECHAN INDIAN TRIBE
USBR letter | Supports adoption of the revised draft SEIS proposed action as the preferred alternative; commits over 20% of its California water rights to system conservation; requests Reclamation acknowledge it lacks legal authority to impose out-of-priority cuts on…“We strongly support the adoption of the revised draft SEIS' proposed action alternative as the preferred alternative in your final SEIS.” | source |
| 2023-12-11 | Grand Canyon Trust
USBR letter | Grand Canyon Trust urges Reclamation to comply with NEPA by fully analyzing additional alternatives (including Alternatives 1 and 2), expand the Revised Draft SEIS, and adopt additional short-term conservation beyond the proposed action to stabilize…“Reclamation should either fully analyze Alternatives 1 and 2 in the Revised Draft SEIS including the full range of its environmental consequences” | source |
| 2023-12-06 | Southern Ute Indian Tribe
USBR letter | Supports the Proposed Action, including 3 million-acre-feet conservation (minimum 1.5 maf by 2024) and authorization to reduce releases to 6 maf if Lake Powell drops below 3,500 ft; opposes the No Action alternative and urges selection of the Proposed Action.“Southern Ute supports the selection of the Proposed Action set forth in the Revised DSEIS.” | source |
| 2023-08-15 | Colorado River Basin States Representatives of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming
USBR letter | Basin States request the Secretary consult and collaborate with Governors’ Representatives from each Basin State in developing Post-2026 EIS alternatives; emphasize need for Basin States' participation and collaboration with Tribes, stakeholders, and…“the Secretary of the Interior (“Secretary”) must consult with the Governors’ Representatives from each Basin State and collaborate on the development of alternatives…” | source |
| 2023-08-15 | UPPER COLORADO RIVER COMMISSION
USBR letter | Supports development of new Post-2026 operational guidelines for Lakes Powell and Mead; urges inclusion of Basin States, protection of Upper Basin rights, durable mechanisms to protect and rebuild storage, and actions to address supply-demand imbalance…“The Upper Division States support the development of new operational guidelines and strategies for Lake Powell and Lake Mead (“Post-2026 Operations”) to replace the…” | source |
| 2023-08-15 | ARIZONA DEPARTMENT of WATERRESOURCES
USBR letter | Seeks equitable sharing of Colorado River system protection burdens, evaluation of voluntary storage (ICS) with an Arizona implementation framework including Tribes, and updated beneficial use/efficiency standards for contractors in both Upper and Lower…“the burdens associated with protecting the Colorado River System should not fall disproportionately on any particular state, sector, or water user.” | source |
| 2023-08-15 | State Engineer’s Office
USBR letter | Urges Post-2026 Operations to balance consumptive uses with available supply, protect storage and higher elevations at Lakes Powell and Mead, ensure consistency with the Law of the River, enhance basin-wide predictability and cooperation, and avoid…“Post-2026 Operations must seek full utilization of storage in Lakes Powell and Mead.” | source |
| 2023-08-15 | COLORADO RIVER COMMISSION OF NEVADA
USBR letter | Requests Reclamation protect Nevada’s 300,000 acre-feet allocation and Southern Nevada’s water supply as it develops Post-2026 operations, and submits comments for the EIS.“The CRCNV is the state agency responsible for protecting Nevada’s annual 300,000 acre-feet allocation from the Colorado River.” | source |
| 2023-08-15 | STATE OF CALIFORNIA - CALIFORNIA NATURAL RESOURCES AGENCY GAVIN NEWSOM, Governor DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES
USBR letter | Requests shorter guideline terms or stronger re-opener provisions, improved forecasting and modeling, evaluation of Reclamation authorities (e.g., voluntary water banks), expanded access to federal storage, and federal commitment to modernize…“We recommend that Reclamation fully evaluate its authorities to employ techniques it has used elsewhere (e.g., the Klamath Project) to help users manage shortages,…” | source |
| 2023-08-15 | STATE OF NEW MEXICO
USBR letter | Requests a narrow EIS scope limited to coordinated operations of Lakes Powell and Mead; recommends using lessons from 2007 Guidelines, accounting for evaporation and system losses, planning for varied hydrology, ensuring flexibility, periodic review, best…“"The scope of the EIS should be limited to the coordinated operations of Lake Powell and Lake Mead."” | source |
| 2023-08-15 | Imperial Irrigation District
USBR letter | Requests Reclamation's EIS comply with the Law of the River, use best available science and forecasting, employ appropriate geographic/temporal scope, and evaluate diverse realistic alternatives; emphasizes IID's senior water rights and reliance…“Under the Law of the River, IID has a senior entitlement to Colorado River water pursuant to a permanent 1932 contract with the Secretary of the Interior.” | source |
| 2023-08-15 | Salt River Valley Water User’s Association (“Association”) and the Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (“District”; collectively the Salt River Project “SRP”)
USBR letter | Support building on the Law of the River; oppose wholesale legal revision. Request earlier, more aggressive shortage triggers, equitable allocation of reductions (including ESL), consideration of hydropower impacts, and proactive measures to protect Lakes…“SRP does not support wholesale revision to the foundational legal framework.” | source |
| 2023-08-15 | COLORADO RIVER DISTRICT
USBR letter | Urges bold, meaningful post-2026 changes consistent with the Law of the River: make operations hydrology-driven, adopt depletion accounting in the Lower Basin, plan for a wide range of hydrologic futures, eliminate gameable tiers, and limit guidelines to…“Hydrology, not reservoir levels, must drive post 2026 operations.” | source |
| 2023-08-15 | The Navajo Nation
USBR letter | Asks for active, meaningful engagement with the Navajo Nation in Post-2026 operations, adequate accounting of impacts, support for development and accounting of unquantified/undeveloped Navajo water rights, and consideration of impacts to energy, water…“It is c riti cal for the avajo Nation to continu e to deve lop its water righ ts.” | source |
| 2023-08-15 | COLORADO RIVER INDIAN TRIBES
USBR letter | Requests the DEIS protect CRIT's present perfected water rights, ensure ability to fully use its allocation, exclude uncompensated reallocations, include CRIT in conservation programs, analyze impacts (economic, cultural, environmental), disclose MSCP…“we will oppose any alternative in the post-2026 NEPA process that seeks to involuntarily reallocate the CRIT's water rights with or without just compensation.” | source |
| 2020-11-16 | Colorado River Board of California
USBR letter | Supports the draft overall but requests clarifications and additions: highlight conserved Lower Basin water stored in Lake Mead; include Upper Basin demands and Mexico delivery; clarify Glen Canyon Dam release/powerplant limits; correct Lower Basin…“The Board suggests incorporating these examples into the narrative discussion of the effectiveness in Section 8.” | source |
| 2020-11-16 | Colorado River Commission of Nevada (CRC)
USBR letter | CRC supports Reclamation's evaluation and conclusions on the 2007 Guidelines and the 7D review scope; endorses stakeholder engagement. Requests Section 6 be placed in an appendix, more detailed resource analyses in future studies/renegotiations, and…“The CRC agrees with Reclamation on the scope of the 7D review. Evaluating the purpose and theme provides sufficient evidence of the success of the Guidelines.” | source |
| 2020-11-13 | Arizona Department of Water Resources
USBR letter | Requests Reclamation revise the draft 7D by moving out-of-scope sections to appendices, add discussion of the Lake Powell Equalization Elevation Table and Upper Basin impacts, expand and acknowledge Arizona ICS agreements, clarify the May provision, and…“In this effort, the Department asks that Reclamation consider and incorporate the above comments.” | source |
| 2020-11-13 | Wyoming State Engineer's Office
USBR letter | Wyoming asks Reclamation to ensure the final report recognizes and protects Upper Basin interests, maintaining coordinated operations that avoid Upper Basin curtailment, limits additional Lower Basin flexibilities that could increase risk, and better…“The draft report primarily focuses on the Lower Basin, not on the protection afforded to the Upper Basin by storage in Lake Powell.” | source |
| 2020-11-13 | NEW MEXICO INTERSTATE STREAM COMMISSION
USBR letter | Requests Reclamation include an Upper Basin perspective, perform a comparison of system performance under the Interim Guidelines versus pre-2007 operations (storage, water supply, power), and involve New Mexico in future discussions; emphasizes the review…“New Mexico still believes in the need for a comparison between how the system performed under the Interim Guidelines with how the system would have performed under…” | source |
| 2020-11-13 | State of Utah, Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water Resources
USBR letter | Requests stronger evaluation of impacts on the Upper Basin and Lake Powell, including assessing reduced water available for Upper Basin development, applying 2008-2019 hydrology to the 2007 model for comparison, clarifying figures, and continued state…“We recommend that actual 2008 to 2019 hydrology be applied to the 2007 version of the Colorado River System Simulation and compared with observed results.” | source |
| 2020-11-13 | Imperial Irrigation District
USBR letter | IID asks Reclamation to recognize QSA/CRWDA contributions, correct Draft Report inaccuracies, include IID in DCP discussions, better engage agricultural districts, and expand ICS flexibility and authorized conservation measures to increase system…“IID considers the ICS element one of the most beneficial aspects of the 2007 Guidelines, but as originally constructed, it has also been a limiting factor and served…” | source |
| 2020-11-10 | Colorado River Board of California
USBR letter | Requests revisions to Reclamation’s 7D Effectiveness Review: add and highlight examples of the Guidelines’ effectiveness (e.g., ~3.2 MAF conserved), clarify inclusion of Upper Basin demands and Mexico deliveries, correct Lower Basin use figures,…“The Board recommends adding specific examples of the effectiveness from Section 7 of the draft report to strengthen the case being made in Section 8.” | source |
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