Federal officials announced Tuesday they would ease up on Colorado River usage cutbacks in 2024, thanks to an unusually wet winter combined with systemwide conservation measures. Water releases from Lake Mead — the Colorado River Basin’s largest reservoir — in 2023 are expected to be the lowest in three decades, according to the Bureau of Reclamation’s newly…
The Colorado River provides water for millions of people, including Coloradans from the Western Slope to the Eastern Plains. But much of the river system is overallocated, its waters are overused and .
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