April 2025
Request for Proposals: TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT FOR IIJA DIVERSION MEASUREMENT AND TELEMETRY IN UTAH
UPDATE: UCRC has received a request for an extension to the deadline to submit questions and to submit the proposal. UCRC has decided to honor that request. [...]
March 2025
UCRC Staff Engineer Recruitment
Overview The Upper Colorado River Commission (UCRC) is an interstate water administrative agency that works on behalf of the four Upper Division States of the Colorado River [...]
February 2025
Hydrologic Shortage in the Upper Basin
Living with the river we have, not the river we want. The Colorado River water users in the Upper Basin states of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and [...]
January 2025
Upper Colorado River Commission System Conservation Pilot Program Update
The System Conservation Pilot Program was not reauthorized in the final session of Congress in 2024. However, the SCPP remains a meaningful tool to explore and understand [...]
Upper Division States Provide Statement of Focus for 2025
Post-CRWUA perspectives and looking to the future SALT LAKE CITY — (Jan. 02, 2025) — Following the Colorado River Water Users Association (CRWUA) Conference in Las Vegas [...]
December 2024
SCPP 2025 Pre-Solicitation Notice
***POSSIBLE SCPP APPLICATION AVAILABILITY January 9, 2025*** POTENTIAL SYSTEM CONSERVATION PILOT PROGRAM IN 2025 From 2015-2018 and in 2023 and 2024, the Upper Division States of [...]
Request for Proposals: UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN DATA PORTAL PROJECT
The Upper Colorado River Commission (UCRC) hereby issues this Request for Proposals (RFP) Number 2024-02-DIWG-UCRC to improve information visualization through a unified data portal, and establish a [...]
Request for Proposals: EMERY COUNTY IRRIGATION EFFICIENCY PROJECT
The Upper Colorado River Commission (UCRC) hereby issues this Request for Proposals (RFP) Number 2024-01-IUWG-UCRC to conduct an analysis of irrigation efficiency at the field and canal [...]
Request for Proposals: UPPER COLORADO RIVER BASIN BIL/IIJA DATA INTEGRATION PROJECT
The Upper Colorado River Commission (UCRC) hereby issues this Request for Proposals (RFP) Number 2024-01-DIWG-UCRC to enhance data management and integration in the Upper Colorado River Basin. [...]
November 2024
Upper Division States Media Statement – Reclamation’s Description of Post-2026 Colorado River Alternatives
The Upper Division States cannot speak directly to the contents of Reclamation’s matrix of potential alternatives at this time. We need more information before we can fully [...]
October 2024
UCRC Approves MOU between Upper Basin States and the Bureau of Reclamation
On October 28, 2024, the Upper Division States of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming, acting through the Upper Colorado River Commission (UCRC), approved a Memorandum of [...]
September 2024
Upper Basin Tribes and States Submit “Four U’s” Letters to Commissioner of Reclamation
In April, the four Upper Basin States, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, through the Upper Colorado River Commission, along with the six Upper Basin Tribes, Jicarilla [...]
July 2024
UCRC Seeking Proposals to Account for Transit Losses on Colorado and Green Rivers
The UCRC in coordination with the Upper Division States is seeking proposals to better account for transit losses along select reaches of the Colorado and Green Rivers. [...]
June 2024
SCPP 2023 Final Report Published
The UCRC Staff and Wilson Water Group prepared a report on the 2023 System Conservation Pilot Program. The report summarizes the outcomes and lessons learned from the [...]
April 2024
Press Release: Upper Basin Tribes Sign Historic Memorandum of Understanding with Upper Division States
[DULCE, NM] – The Upper Basin Tribes (Jicarilla Apache Nation, Navajo Nation, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Ute Indian Tribe, and the Paiute Indian [...]
Job Opening: Deputy Executive Director/Chief Engineer
UCRC Deputy Executive Director/Chief Engineer Instructions to apply below. The Upper Colorado River Commission (UCRC) seeks a Deputy Director and Chief Engineer for its Salt Lake City, [...]
March 2024
Interior Department Announces $30 Million from President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda for Water Savings in the Upper Colorado River Basin
WASHINGTON — The Department of the Interior today announced that the Bureau of Reclamation has made $30 million available for 114 projects in the Upper Colorado River Basin [...]
Additional Information Regarding the Upper Division States Alternative
March 11, 2023 - As part of the ongoing National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) process to develop new operating guidelines for Lakes Powell and Mead, the Upper [...]
Press Release: Upper Division States Submit Alternative for Post-2026 Operations of Lake Powell and Lake Mead
"March 5, 2024 - This week, the Upper Division States of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming submitted to the Bureau of Reclamation an Alternative for Post-2026 [...]
The Hill – Biden administration backs short-term Colorado River water savings plan
The Biden administration announced its support on Tuesday for a consensus-based, short-term proposal that will promote significant water conservation efforts across the Colorado River basin. The plan, [...]