NOTE: Reports are found in all sections of this website. This webpage is more broad and less specific.

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This section is divided into two sections

• Reports A to L
• Reports M to Z

NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCE (National Resource Council)

• 1968 - Water and Choice in the Colorado River Basin
• 1977 - Climate, Climate Change, and Water Supply
• 1977 - Energy and Climate: Studies in Geophysics
• 1978 - National Academy Sciences: First Hundred Years
• 1985 - Safety Of Dams: Flood Earthquake Criteria
• 1988 - Estimating Probabilities of Extreme Floods
• 1990 - Colorado River ecology and dam management
• 1991 - Colorado River Reservoir Operations
• 1991 - Managing Water Resources in the West Under Conditions of Climate Uncertainty
• 1002 - Water Transfers in the West: Efficiency, Equity, and Environment
• 1994 - Review: Glen Canyon Dam long-term monitoring plan
• 1996 - Review: River Resource Management in the Grand Canyon
• 1999 - Review: Glen Canyon Dam adaptive management program
• 2003 - Critical Issues in Weather Modification Research
• 2004 - Confronting the Nations Water Problems: The Role of Research
• 2007 - Colorado River Basin Water Management
• 2008 - Prospects for Managed Underground Storage of Recoverable Water
• 2008 - Hydrology, Ecology and Fishes of Klamath River Basin
• 2008 - Desalination: A National Perspective
• 2009 - Irreversable Climate Change
• 2009 - America's Energy Future Technology Transformation
• 2010 - Adapting to Impacts Climate Change
• 2012 - Water Reuse Potential Expanding Nation Water Supply
• 2012 - Sustainable Water Environvental Management: California Bay Delta
• 2012 - Preparing for the Third Decade: National Water Quality Assessment
• 2012 - Disaster Resilience: A National Imperative
• 2012 - Dam Levee Safety: Community Resilience and Vision of Future Practice
• 2014 - Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Nuclear Accident

A suite of materials provided to the public by NAS on June 8, 2021

• 2010 - Adapting to Impacts of Climate Change. NAS.
• 2010 - Limiting Magnitude of Future Climate Change. NAS.
• 2010 - Informing an Effective Response to Climate Change. NAS.
• 2010 - Advancing Science of Climate Change. NAS.
• 2011 - National Security Implications of Climate Change For U.S. Naval Forces. NAS.
• 2011 - America's Climate Choices. NAS.
• 2013 - Climate nd Social Stress: Implications for Security Analysis. NAS.
• 2016 - From Maps to Models: Augmenting the Nations Geospatial Intelligence Capabilities. NAS.
• 2019 - Decadal Survey of Social Behavioral Sciences: Research and Agenda for Advancing Intelligence Analysis. NAS.
• 2021 - Global Change Research Needs and Opportunities For- 2022 to 2031. NAS.
• All documents above combined. Combined documents are useful for harvesting information by subject.

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NATIONAL PARKS (see "National Parks")

• 2009 - Economic influence of Southeast Utah National Parks. National Parks Conservation Association.
• 2011 - Colorado River Report. NPCA.

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NATIONAL WATER POLICY

• 1973 - Water Policies for the Future by the National Water Commission. (Commissioned by President Johnson in 1968) Table of Contents only; Text only; Complete Document; Best Quality Document.
• 1973 - Reclamation's Overview of the Report. Commissioner Stamm.
• 1974 - Review of the National Water Commission Report.
• 2009 - 35-Years After: The National Water Commission Report. Congressional Research Service.

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OIL SHALE AND TAR SANDS

• 2005 - RAND Report.
• 2008 - Oil Shale Report. Congressional Research Service.
• 2008 - Water Rights and Oil Shale. Congressional Research Service.
• 2009 - Oil Shale Report. University of Colorado at Boulder.
• 2009 - Dirty Oil. Greenpeace.
• 2010 - CERES Report on Oil Shale/Water Nexus.
• 2010- Oil Shale in the West: 14 Unanswered Questions. Headwater Economics.
• 2010 - Oil shale update. National Oil Shale Association.
• 2010 - CERES Report on Oil Shale/Water Nexus.
• 2010 - Energy-Water Nexus: Better Understanding of Water Resources. GAO.
• 2010 - American Tar Sands. Williams.
• 2010 - Fossil Foolishness. Western Resource Advocates
• 2010 - CERES Report on Oil Shale/Water Nexus.
• 2010 - Tar Sands: Feling the climate crisis. FOE Europe.
• 2011 - Between a Rock and a Dry Place: The Impact of Oil Shale Development and Climate Change on the Colorado River Basin Water Supply. NRDC

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THESIS

• Bureau of Reclamation in San Juan County New Mexico: Cadilac Desert or Sensible Development. Moore.

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UPPER COLORADO RIVER COMMISSION (UCRC)

• Website of the Commission

• 2020 - Annual Report
• 2019 - Annual Report
• 2018 - Annual Report
• 2018 - Final Report: Three-year System Conservation Pilot Program (six documents combined).
• 2017 - Depletion Schedule Revised in 2016 and 2017 Resolution
• 2017 - Annual Report
• 2016 - Annual Report
• 2016 - Assessing Agricultural Use Including Remote Sensing and Evapotranspiration
• 2015 - Annual Report
• 2014 - Annual Report
• 2013 - Annual Report
• 2013 - Assessing Agricultural Consumptive Use in Upper Colorado River Basin
• 2012 - Annual Report
• 2011 - Annual Report
• 2014 - Resolution to adopt contingency planning for shortages
• 2009 - Annual Report
• 2008 - UCRC letter to Kempthorne about HFEs and fall steady flows
• 2007 - UCRC Resolution Upper Basin Depletion Estimates
• 2007 - Depletion Schedules Upper Basin
• 2007 - Approved (revised) Depletion Schedules
• 2006 - UCRC Letter to Secretary Kempthorne
• 2006 - Potential Use of Winter Cloud Seeding to Augment Flow of Colorado River
• 2006 - UCRC Resolution Availability Water Navajo Reservoir
• 2005 - Annual Report
• 2005 - UCRC Resolution Retention Water Upper Basin Reservoirs
• 2004 - UCRC Letter about Lake Powell minimum power pool
• 2004 - Annual Report
• 2003a - UCRC Resolution Use Accounting Water Lake Powell Pipeline
• 2003b - UCRC Resolution Use Accounting Water Navajo Gallup Water Supply Project
• 2002 - UCRC letter about Long-range Operating Criteria
• 1994 - UCRC Resolution Upper States Depletion Tables
• 1989 - UCRC Resolution Funding Weather Modification Research
• 1988 - UCRC Resolution Funding Weather Modification Research
• 1987 - UCRC Resolution Proposed Hydrologic Determination
• 1986 - UCRC Resolution Construction of Animas-LaPlata Project
• 1985 - UCRC Resolution Cooperative Snow Survey Water Supply Forecasting Program
• 1984 - UCRC Resolution Proposal Galloway Group
• 1983 - UCRC Resolution CRSP Power Rate Adjustment
• 1982 - UCRC Resolution Enhanced Snowpack Test
• 1980 - UCRC Resolution Appropriation Funds Farm Salinity Control
• 1979a - UCRC Resolution Releases Colorado River Reservoirs
• 1979b - UCRC Resolution Cooperative Snow Survey Water Supply Forecasting Program
• 1979c - UCRC Resolution Gaging Stations
• 1979d - UCRC Resolution Adjustment Power Rates
• 1950 - First Annual Report
• 1949 - Minutes of the first meeting

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UNIVERSITIES

Center for Colorado River Studies at USU Logan

• Website
• 2016.11 - Summary of White Paper 01 & Full White Paper 01; The Fill Lake Mead First Proposal.
• 2019 - Summary of White Paper 02 & Full White Paper 02; Water Resource Modeling of the Colorado River: Present and Future Strategies.
• 2020 - Summary of White Paper 03 & Full White Paper 03; Strategies for Managing the Colorado River in an Uncertain Future. 
• 2020 - Summary of White Paper 04 & Full White Paper 04; The Future Hydrology of the Colorado River Basin. 
• 2020 - Summary of White Paper 05 & Full White Paper 05;
• 2021 - Summary of White Paper 06 & Full White Paper 06; NEWS about White Paper # 06 06.                                                                     
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URANIUM MINING AND MILLING

• 2005 - A Technical Report Toward Reclaiming Uranium Mill Tailings. Dohrenwend and Greenbaum.
• 2006 - White Mesa Uranium Mill Archeological Sites Report. Fields.
• 2008 - Uranium Mining. Southwest Hydrology.
• 2011 - Conflict at the Canyon. Environmental Working Group.

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WATER AUGMENTATION

• Click here to read article on Desalination.
• 2003 - Desal Roadmap. USBR and Sandia Labs.
• 2003 - Desalination. Southwest Hydrology.
• 2006 - Desalination Report. Pacific Institute.
• 2006 - Desalination in Baja California, Mexico
• 2007 - Desalination Report. World Wildlife Federation.
• California Coastal Commission: Desalination
• 2008 - Augmentation Study. Southern Nevada Water Authority.
• Augmentation Memos:Coalbed Methane Produced Water; Ocean Route Imports; Power Plant; ReservoirEvaporationControl; WaterReuse; Weather Modifications; Brackish Water Desalination; Conjunctive Use; Cost Normalization; Imports Exports; Ocean Desalination; Stormwater Storage; Vegetation Management;
• 2008 - Diving in the Deep End: Help Water Agencies Address Climate Change. Patricia Mulroy. Southern Nevada Water Authority.
• 2008 - Desalination: A National Perspective. National Research Council.
• 2009 - Estimated use of water in the United States in 2005. USGS.

Note: desal quantities are usually measured in gallons per day

• Convert gallons to acre-feet and cubic feet per second
• World desalination capacity compared to Colorado River flow

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WATER EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION

• 2011 - Filling the Gap: Commonsense Solutions for Meeting Front Range Water Needs. Western Resource Advocates.
• 2011- Municipal Water Deliveries of Colorado River Basin Water. Pacific Institute.
• 2014 - Understanding Utility Disincentives to Water Conservation as Means of Adapting to Climate Change Pressures. Kenney.
• 2014 - Living with Water Scacity. David Zetland.

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WATER ENTITLEMENTS

• Arizona Priority One
• Arizona Priority Two & Three
• Arizona Priority Four
• Arizona Priority Five & Six
• California (graphic)
• Nevada (graphic)
• Shoshone Power Plant (Glenwood Canyon)

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WATER PLANNING

• 1971 - Lower Colorado River Comprehensive Framework Study
• 2007 - Reclamation Basin Study Framework
• 2010 - Water Risk In Municipal Bond Market. Ceres.

Basin Study: The Implementation of Secure Water Act of 2009

• 2008 - Basin Study Framework. Reclamation.
• 2009 - Water Conservation Initiative. Reclamation.
• 2010 - Colorado River Basin Water Supply & Demand Study
• Basin Study Program Overview
• Basin Study Proposal
• Secure Water Act Implementation

Chartered by Congress

• 1998 - Report of Western Water Policy Review Advisory Commission.
• 1997 - Colorado River Basin Study. Pontius et al.

Western Governors Association (Home)

• 2004 - Creating a drought early warning system.
• 2006 - Water needs and strategies for a sustainable future.
• 2008 - Update: Water needs and strategies for a sustainable future.

Tribes

• Navajo Nation water strategy.

NGOs

• 1997 - Colorado River Management Study. Grand Canyon Trust.
• 2010 - Water Risk In Municipal Bond Market. Ceres.

Arizona

• Water Planning Division
• Drought Plan
• Arizona Drought Plan

California

• Issues Affecting California's Long-Term Water Policy. Hubbard.
• Colorado River Use Plan
• Drought Plan
• California Water Supply & Demand: Technical Report. SEI.
• California Drought Plan
• California's Colorado River Water Use Plan

Colorado

• 2016 - Colorado's Water Plan
• Colorado Climate Preparedness
• Colorado River Water Availbility Draft Report
• Colorado River Water Availibility Study web page
• Water Study Supporting Documentation
• Drought Plan
• Upper Colorado Framework
• Gunnison Framework
• San Juan & Dolores Framework
• Yampa & White Framework
• Colorado Drought Plan
• Colorado Gunnison River Basic Information
• Colorado Preparedness Project. WWA.
• Colorado San Juan Dolores Basic Information
• Colorado Upper Colorado Basic Information
• Colorado White River Basic Information
• Colorado Yampa Basic Information

Nevada

• Water Plan
• Drought Plan
• Water Plan. Southern Nevada Water Authority
• Nevada Drought Plan
• Southern Nevada Water Authority Plan

New Mexico

• State Water Plans
• Drought Plans

Utah

• 2017 - Recommended Utah State Water Strategy & Executive Summary. Envision Utah.
• 2013 - Utah's Water Future 50-year Strategy
• 2009 - State of Utah Water. Kent Jones.
• 2002 - Green River Pipeline Draft (transbasin diversion to Bear River). UDWRe.
• Utah Watershed Study
• Water Plans
• State Water Plan
• Uinta Basin Water Plan
• West Colorado River Plan
• SE Colorado River Plan
• Drought Plan
• Utah Drought Plan
• Utah SE Colorado River Water Plan
• Utah Uinta Basin Water Plan
• 2001 - Utah Water Plan
• Utah West Colorado River Plan
• 2012 - Energy Water Nexus for Utah

Wyoming

• Water Plan
• Drought Plan
• Wyoming Drought Plan
• Wyoming Water Plan

WATER SCARCITY

• 1977 - Federal reponse to the 1976-77 drought: What should be done next? Government Acountibility Office.
• 1979 - Colorado River Basin water problems: How to reduce their impact. Government Accountibility Office.
• 2007 - The Colorado River: The story of a quest for certainity on a diminishing river. Kuhn.
• 2008 - Meeting the challanges of expected shortages. Government Acountability Office.
• The Last Drop: Climate Change and the Southwest Water Crisis.SEI.
• 2012 - Management Risks of the Upper Basin. Kuhn.