Judge criticizes federal environmental review of Denver Water’s Gross Reservoir for failing to consider the risk of a Colorado River Compact call on Upper Basin water users: inkstain.net/2024/10/federa… #ColoradoRiver

The bottom line here is that the federal money funneled to through the UCRC to reduce consumptive use was wasted. The water was picked up by upstream juniors.

This letter may raise some property rights issues.

There were >16 million af of conditional CR storage rights on the books when I started at the RD in 1980. ~3% were developed, ~ 17% remain conditional - the rest abandoned

Getting consensus among the mutual ditch companies for legislation will be very difficult. The burden will be on the boards to balance the needs of individual owners vs the collective needs of the company.

San Diego headed for third driest start to rainy season in 152 years. Rain is not expected through Christmas Eve, and things might stay dry through New Year's Eve. The city has had only 0.14 inches of precipitation since the season began on October 1st. tinyurl.com/yfetrpya

It’s the same issue that is raised by Utah’s proposed Lake Powell pipeline…Except tribal rights under the settlement are “pre-compact” rights “unimpaired” by the compact (AKA present perfected rights).

Great idea! Also need a bike route along the Colorado River Aqueduct.

By Richard Eric Kuhn and Jack Schmidt #ColoradoRiver inkstain.net/2025/01/can-fl…

70 years ago today at 11:00am EST, the world's first nuclear sailors cast off lines aboard USS Nautilus (SSN 571) and got Underway on Nuclear Power

I served on two nuke boats that were almost as old - USS Halibut SSN - 587 and the USS Seawolf SSN - 575

#OTD in 1900, Hyman G. Rickover was born. "The Father of the Nuclear Navy" gained a reputation for being so ornery and contrarian that when he died in 1986, a joke circulated in the Pentagon that he would be back in three days.

The January 2025 24-month study is a major caution sign for the #ColoradoRiver Basin -- Eric Kuhn, John Fleck, and Jack Schmidt (InkStain.net) #COriver #aridification coyotegulch.blog/2025/01/28/the…

Allen -nice work (as always!). Lochhead’s advice is critical - with a smaller river, the UB & LB need to negotiate a plan for shared sacrifice, not an easy task.

Lake Powell spring-summer runoff now forecast at 67% of normal, down from 76% in January and 81% in December. Source is the federal Colorado Basin River Forecast Center. cbrfc.noaa.gov/wsup/pub2/disc…

Note - Lee Ferry -the compact point is 1 mile downstream of the confluence w the Paria. Lee’s Ferry, the settlement location, is just upstream of said confluence.

The March 24-Month study and the myth of a “Compact Call” -- Eric Kuhn (InkStain.net) #ColoradoRiver #COriver #aridification coyotegulch.blog/2025/03/25/the…

Dwindling water supply, legal questions push Colorado River into ‘wildly uncharted territory’ #cawater #coloradoriver mavensnotebook.com/2025/04/01/asp…

The Colorado River needs some 'shared pain' to break a deadlock, water experts say kunc.org/news/2025-05-0…

John Fleck and Eric Kuhn: the May 24-month study on the Colorado confirms our worst fears about declining reservoir storage and runoff. inkstain.net