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UPPER CO RIVER BASIN

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💧WATER USE

LARGEST CITIES WITHIN THE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN

☑COLORADO – Grand Junction

☑NEW MEXICO – Farmington

CITIES OUTSIDE THE UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN THAT RECEIVE ITS DIVERSIONS

COLORADO

  • Fort Collins
  • Boulder
  • Denver
  • Aurora
  • Colorado Springs
  • Pueblo

UTAH

  • Salt Lake City
  • Provo

📁WATER POLICIES

State Water Policies and Programs in the Upper Colorado River Basin
 

COLORADO

  • Policies & Programs
  • Division of Water Resources
  • Department of Parks & Wildlife
  • Department of Natural Resources

WYOMING

  • Division of Water Resources
  • Water Resource Data System

UTAH

  • Division of Water Resources

NEW MEXICO

  • Office of the State
  • Engineer – Water Information

ARIZONA

  • Department of Water Resources

FEDERAL OFFICES

EVENTS TIMELINE

  • 1902 RECLAMATION ACT
  • 1920 KINKAID ACT Starts the wheels turning for construction of Hoover Dam.
  • 1922 COLORADO RIVER COMPACT
  • 1922 STATE OF WYOMING – v – STATE OF CO
  • 1928 Boulder Canyon Project Act
  • 1931 Boulder Canyon Project Agreement
  • 1944 Mexican Water Treaty
  • 1948 Upper Colorado River Basin Compact
  • 1956 Colorado River Storage Project Act
  • 1962 Navajo Indian Irrigation Project
  • 1968 Colorado River Basin Project Act
  • 1974 Colorado River Basin Salinity Control Act
  • 2001 Colorado River Interim Surplus Guidelines

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