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One Source, Multiple Challenges: The Future Evolution of Water Policy and
the Case of the Colorado River
David H. GetchesDean
and Raphael J. Moses Professor of Natural Resources LawUniversity of Colorado Law School
One Source: Evolution of the Policies Surrounding Ground and Surface Water Management in the West
University of Idaho College of Law Water ConferenceBoise, Idaho
April 15, 2011
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Water Policy Challenges•Climate change
•Urbanization
•Groundwater Use
•Indian Rights
•Environmental Protection
•Transboundary Issues
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The Wolf Law Building
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The Wolf Law BuildingClimate Change: 75% of Models Agree; 10%-30% less runoff
Change in runoff 2041- 2060 relative to 1900-1970
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Demographic Movements
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Urbanization and water use
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The Wolf Law Building
Yuma Desalination Plant
Groundwater Pumping
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The Wolf Law Building
Yuma Desalination Plant
Indian Irrigation
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The Wolf Law Building
Yuma Desalination Plant
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The Wolf Law Building
Yuma Desalination Plant
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The Wolf Law Building
Yuma Desalination Plant
Environmental Protection
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The Wolf Law Building
Yuma Desalination Plant
Major Interstate Rivers
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Yuma Desalination Plant
CASE STUDY:Water Scarcity Challenges and the Colorado River
•Transboundary•Urbanization•Groundwater•Environmental•Indian Rights•Climate
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The Wolf Law Building
Yuma Desalination Plant
Colorado River
TransboundaryChallenges
An interstate, international river•7 states•2 nations
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The Wolf Law Building
Yuma Desalination Plant
Colorado River
TransboundaryChallenges
1922 Compact:•Divided into 2 “basins” – upper and lower•Each to get ~equal shares (7.5 MAF)
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The Wolf Law Building
Yuma Desalination Plant
Colorado RiverTransboundaryChallenges
1928 Boulder Canyon Project Act:•Hoover Dam•States will get:
•CA – 4.4 MAF•AZ 2.8 MAF•NV: .4 MAF
4.4
.4
2.8
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The Wolf Law Building
Yuma Desalination Plant
Hoover Dam –The Boulder Canyon Project Act of 1928
•Federal $•Water & Power for California
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The Wolf Law Building
Yuma Desalination Plant
Colorado RiverTransboundaryChallenges
1944 Mexican Treaty:•1.5 MAF to MX•Upper & Lower Basins share obligation
4.4
.4
2.8
1.5
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The Wolf Law Building
Yuma Desalination Plant
Colorado RiverTransboundaryChallenges
1949 Upper Basin Compact:•States share up to 7.5 MAF, after deliveries to Lower Basin & Mexico:
•CO – 51.75%•UT – 23%•WY – 14%•NM – 11.25%•AZ -- 50,000 AF
4.4
.4
2.8+.05MAF
51.75% -3.9 MAF ?
23% -1.73 MAF?
11.25%-.84MAF
1.5
14% -1.05 MAF?
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This is the Working Title of a Brilliant TalkAnd ideally, it will align with “Colorado” in the logo space aboveApril 30, 2006 • University of Colorado at Boulder
Dividing Up the River1922 Interstate Compact: States agree Lower and Upper Basins each get 7.5 million acre-feet (MAF)1928 Boulder Canyon Project Act: Authorizes Hoover Dam; approves division among Lower Basin states:
California: 4.4 MAFArizona: 2.8 MAFNevada: .4 MAF
1944 Mexican Treaty: US to deliver 1.5 MAF to Mexico1949 Upper Basin Compact: The 4 Upper Basin states agree on percentage shares
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This is the Working Title of a Brilliant TalkAnd ideally, it will align with “Colorado” in the logo space aboveApril 30, 2006 • University of Colorado at Boulder
Resulting Entitlements:California 4.4Arizona 2.8Nevada .3 Mexico 1.54 Upper Basin states 7.5
CO 3.88UT 1.73NM 1.05WY .84
Total 16.5
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The Wolf Law Building
Yuma Desalination Plant
Colorado RiverTransboundaryChallenges
Arizona --•Refuses to ratify Compact•Many lawsuits•Military action•Drought•No way to transport water from Hoover
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Yuma Desalination Plant
Colorado RiverChallenges:-Transboundary-Groundwater
Arizona -•1968 Colo. River Basin Project Act•Must make more responsible use of groundwater
•Was drawing 4.8MAF; recharge 2.6 MAF
•6 Upper Basin Projects authorized
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The Wolf Law Building
Yuma Desalination Plant
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Canal carrying Colorado River water across desert
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Golf Course Tucson, Arizona
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The Wolf Law Building
Yuma Desalination Plant
Conservation: Xeriscape
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Glen Canyon Dam –For the benefit of the Upper Basin
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The Wolf Law Building
Yuma Desalination Plant
Colorado River
Challenges:Urbanization
•Fastest growing cities for years•Sustained by transbasindiversions
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Demographic Movements
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Colorado River Basin –Major Interbasin Transfers
Colorado-Big Thompson
Several Denver Metro Projects
Fryingpan-ArkansaProject
San Juan-Chama
Central Utah Project
All American Canal
Colorado River Aqueduct
Canal Central
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The Wolf Law Building
Yuma Desalination Plant
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The Wolf Law Building
Yuma Desalination PlantEntitlement = 4.4 MAFUse = 5.2 MAF
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Solutions to California’s Overuse
•Conservation
•“Saved” water from more efficient irrigation goes to cities
•Canal Lining
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The Wolf Law Building
Yuma Desalination Plant
Colorado River
Challenges:Urbanization
•Conservation, Efficiency•Canal Lining
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The Wolf Law Building
Yuma Desalination Plant
Colorado River
Challenges:Urbanization
•Canal Lining
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The Wolf Law Building
Yuma Desalination Plant
Colorado River
Challenges:TransboundaryEnvironmental
•Salinity
Mexico
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The historical deliveries from the United States in 1995-2009 period show that every year these had beenabove the established volume and in six of them even over the maximum volume.
0
1000
2000
3000
4000
5000
6000
1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2,1121,857
3,543
5,820
3,570
2,513
2,098 2,002 1,924 1,962 1,982 1,887 1,868 1,952 1,936
Volu
me
(hm
3 )
Years
Annual Volumes from 1995 to 2009
Volume established in the Treaty Excedent Volume
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The Wolf Law Building
Yuma Desalination Plant
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The Wolf Law Building
Yuma Desalination Plant
Colorado River
Challenges:TransboundaryEnvironmental
•Salinity Solutions:
•Lower water table•Treat saline water•Improve irrigation•Desalination Plant
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The Wolf Law Building
Yuma Desalination Plant
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The Wolf Law Building
Yuma Desalination Plant
Colorado River
Challenges:TransboundaryEnvironmental
•Delta
Mexico
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The Wolf Law Building
Yuma Desalination Plant
Colorado River
Challenges:TransboundaryEnvironmental
•Delta
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Colorado River Delta at Sea of Cortez
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The Wolf Law BuildingEarly Totoaba fishing in Sea of Cortez
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Yuma clapper rail
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The Wolf Law BuildingCienega de Santa Clara -- revitalized
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The Wolf Law Building
Yuma Desalination Plant
Colorado River
Challenges:TransboundaryEnvironmental
•Delta
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The Wolf Law Building
Yuma Desalination Plant
Colorado River
Challenges:Environmental
•Endangered Species
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Yuma Desalination Plant
Colorado River
Challenges:Environmental
•Endangered Species –Recovery Programs(Upper Basin Program cost $120M)
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The Wolf Law Building
Yuma Desalination Plant
Colorado River
Challenges:TransboundaryGroundwater
•All American Canal Lining
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The Wolf Law Building
Yuma Desalination Plant
Colorado River
Challenges:TransboundaryGroundwater
•All-American Canal Lining
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Nevada
California
ArizonaImperial & Cibola
Nat’l Wildife Refuges
Fort Yuma (Quechan)
Indian Reservation Cocopah IndianReservation
Colorado River Indian Reservation
ChemehueviIndian Res.
Lake Mead Nat’l Rec. Area
Fort MojaveIndian Res.
Lake Havasu Nat’lWildife Refuge
Mexico
Arizona v. California (1963) – Colorado River Indian & Federal Reservations
Colorado River
Challenges:Indian Water Rights
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Yuma Desalination Plant
Colorado River
Challenges:Indian Water Rights
•34 Indian Reservations•Rights of only 5 “quantified” in Arizona v. California = 1.3 MAF•Navajo alone has 600,000 AF and could claim another 450,000 AF
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The Wolf Law BuildingColorado River
Challenges:Climate
The Colorado River Compact Allocated More Water than the River Produces
•16.5 MAF allocated•<15 MAF since records kept•Tree-ring studies show only 13.5 MAF average for 500 years
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This is the Working Title of a Brilliant TalkAnd ideally, it will align with “Colorado” in the logo space aboveApril 30, 2006 • University of Colorado at Boulder
Resulting Entitlements:California 4.4Arizona 2.8Nevada .3 Mexico 1.54 Upper Basin states 7.5
CO 3.88UT 1.73NM 1.05WY .84
Total 16.5
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The Wolf Law BuildingColorado River
Challenges:Climate
The Colorado River Compact Allocated More Water than the Colorado River Produces
•16.5 MAF allocated•<15 MAF since records kept•Tree-ring studies show only 13.5 MAF average for 500 years
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400 AVERAGE VIRGIN FLOW
1896-1922 AVERAGE VIRGIN FLOW
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The 20th century included the wettest and 3rd wettest periods in the Upper Colorado River Basin during the past 500 years
Colorado River
Challenges:Climate
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The Wolf Law BuildingColorado River
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Allocation -- 16.5 MAF ("Historical")
CaliforniaArizonaNevadaMexicoUpper Basin
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Allocation -- 13.5 MAF ("Tree-Ring")
CaliforniaArizonaNevadaMexicoUpper Basin
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Allocation -- <9 MAF ("SevereDrought")
CaliforniaArizonaNevadaMexicoUpper Basin
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The Wolf Law BuildingColorado River
Challenges:Climate
Greater Likelihood of Dry years and Severe Drought with Climate Change
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Source: Past Peak Water in the Southwest NOAA-ESRL+
Suppose: Same precipitation as 1896-1950 + 2° C Warmer
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Rafting on the Colorado
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Conclusions1. A confluence of water scarcity challenges confronts the Colorado River:•Climate change
•Urbanization
•Groundwater Use
•Indian Rights
•Environmental Protection
•Transboundary Issues
2. Water Policy Must Respond or a Crisis is Inevitable.
3. The Colorado River Situation is Extraordinary, but Not Unique.