Resilience
Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan
Agency NameDepartment of the Interior
Funding Amount$300,000,000.00
Bureau Name
Bureau of Reclamation
Funding Mechanism
Financial Assistance
New?
No
Funding Mechanism
Financial Assistance
Funding Amount Notes
Period of Availability
Available until expended
Recipients
Open
Program Description
The Colorado River Basin Drought Contingency Plan aims to reduce the risk of Lake Mead and Lake Powell reaching critically low elevations. The DCP requires additional water savings contributions by Lower Basin States, allows for flexibility for water storage and recovery to incentivize conservation, requires Reclamation to implement programs designed to create or conserve additional water in the Lower Basin (subject to available appropriations), and provides for drought response operations and demand management in the Upper Basin.
Eligible Uses
Colorado River Basin Drought Contingency Plan actions
Statutory Location
40901
Federal Cost Share Requirement
TBD