Legislative Update - July 11

The Bureau of Reclamation is the watermaster in the Lower Basin states, but not in the Upper Basin where Wyoming sits. Wyoming controls Wyoming water, unless the flows at Lee’s Ferry are reduced to the point curtailment happens. However, the Bureau of Reclamation has control of flows from Flaming Gorge, Fontenelle and a few smaller reservoirs in Wyoming, because the Feds built and operate most of those reservoirs.