Overview

• The US Interior Department has started a public process to update and enact rules for distributing Colorado River water.
• The Department of the Interior is developing long-term operational guidelines for the Colorado River to replace the 2007 interim guidelines.
• Federal officials have started a public process to update and enact rules for distributing Colorado River water.
• The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has promised a "robust and transparent public process" for collecting comments on operational guidelines and strategies.
• The announcement is separate from an interim agreement announced last month by water administrators from Arizona, Nevada, and California to cut their combined use of the dwindling Colorado River.