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NOAA Drought Task Force Report on the 2020-2021 Southwestern U.S. Drought

Published: 
September 2021
From: 
NIDIS
NOAA Drought Task Force
NOAA Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections

For the six states of the U.S. Southwest (Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah)i , January 2020 through August 2021 have been exceptional in the instrumental climate record since 1895, with the lowest total precipitation and the third-highest daily average temperatures recorded, which together imposed an unyielding, unprecedented, and costly drought. This exceptional drought punctuates a two-decade period of persistently warm and dry conditions throughout the region. 

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Water Reliability in the West - 2021 SECURE Water Act Report

Published: 
January 2021
From: 
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation
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Safe and secure water supplies are a continuing fundamental pursuit for life in the West. This 2021 Report provides an assessment of climate change impacts to water uses in the West and adds a new set of West-wide information based in paleohydrology. This report describes our collaborative actions taken to increase the reliability of water and power deliveries since 2016, including: science and research, planning, infrastructure sustainability, efficient hydropower production, and on-the-ground actions to meet needs for irrigation, municipalities, power, Tribes, and the environment.