Colorado River Basin Water Supply & Demand Study The Bureau of
Reclamation's Upper Colorado and Lower Colorado Regions, in
collaboration with representatives of the seven Colorado River
Basin States (non-federal Cost Share Partners), submitted a
Proposal in June 2009 to fund the "Colorado River Basin Water
Supply and Demand Study" under Reclamation's Basin Study
Program. In September 2009, the Study was selected for funding.
The Study, which began in January 2010, was completed in
December 2012. It defines current and future imbalances in water
supply and demand in the Colorado River Basin and the adjacent
areas of the Basin States that receive Colorado River water for
approximately the next 50 years, and develops and analyzes
adaptation and mitigation strategies to resolve those
imbalances. The Study characterizes current and future water
supply and demand imbalances in the Basin and assesses the risks
to Basin resources. Resources include water allocations and
deliveries consistent with the apportionments u