AQUAFORNIA KICKOFF-Democrats Slam Army Corps Funding Cuts; Trump To Slash $600M For Critical Utah Water Project
In today’s Aquafornia scroll:
- Democrats slam ‘utterly partisan’ Army Corps funding plan, E&E News by Politico
- Trump’s budget proposes cutting $600M from Utah’s biggest water project. No one knows, or will say, what that means, The Salt Lake Tribune
- New snowmelt study could improve water supply predictions for water managers and farmers, KNPR
- Restricted salmon season offers brief hope in California, The Fresno Bee
- Click here to read all of today’s water news from California and across the West
Water Word of the Week: Earlier this month, the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation secured 18 short-term agreements with water users in the Lower Colorado River Basin. The agreements will boost conservation through 2026 as the seven states in both the Lower and Upper basins work to negotiate post-2026 water-use guidelines for Lake Powell and Lake Mead, the river’s two largest reservoirs. The Colorado River is one of the hardest working rivers in the world, serving 40 million people in the United States and Mexico. So, we’re making the Colorado River our Water Word of the Week. Learn more about this and other water-related topics in Aquapedia, our online water encyclopedia.
What’s on Tap: On May 21, the State Water Resources Control Board will hold a public workshop at their regularly scheduled Board Meeting in Thermal on Phase 1 of the Salton Sea Management Program (SSMP). Meanwhile, the California Water Commission will meet in Sacramento to discuss topics including the Salton Sea Management Program and the Water Storage Investment Program. On May 22, the Delta Stewardship Council will discuss legislative matters, scientific research and risk reduction, including levee investment strategies. See details on these and other upcoming water meetings on our events calendar.
At the Foundation: The annual Water Summit, the Water Education Foundation’s premier event of the year, returns Oct. 1 at The Sawyer Hotel in downtown Sacramento with leading policymakers and experts addressing critical water issues in California and across the West. Now in its 41ˢᵗ year, the Water Summit is an ideal event for water district managers and board members, state and federal agency officials, city and county government leaders, farmers, environmentalists, attorneys, consultants, engineers, business executives and public interest groups. Registration will open soon but save the date for now.
Water Resource of the Week: The Colorado River is a key lifeline, supplying water to nearly 40 million people in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming and Mexico. As the seven U.S. states move toward a new set of post-2026 operating guidelines, check out our Colorado River Basin map, which explains the river’s apportionment, history and the need to adapt its management for urban growth (and) expected climate change impacts.
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Aquafornia is a news roundup compiled each weekday by the Water Education Foundation’s journalism team.
