Water managers along the Colorado River are looking for an amount of water equal to what the entire state of Utah has rights to in order to head off a water and power crisis across the West, they said Tuesday. … Speaking at a meeting of the Upper Colorado River Commission on Tuesday, Wyoming State Engineer Brandon Gebhart said the upstream states estimate an additional 1.7 million acre-feet of water will need to be added to Lake Powell to keep the water level there from falling below the hydropower turbines at Glen Canyon Dam. The Bureau of Reclamation has said it will not let water levels fall below the turbines because of concerns that doing so could damage the dam, which sits on the river near the Arizona and Utah border.

Other Colorado River management news:

• The Salt Lake Tribune: ‘The stakes have never been higher’: Utah, other states deadlocked on Colorado River deal as record drought worsens
• Aspen Public Radio (Colo.): Tribes rely on resilience, creativity, and partnerships to fully realize water rights on the Colorado River
• FOX10 (Phoenix): Arizona considers buying California water as Colorado River tensions remain high
• Phoenix New Times: Arizona braces for legal battle over Colorado River: What to know
• Prism: The Colorado River’s right to exist