Northern Water’s Annual Report is a recap of top events from each year. This report is an opportunity to inform our allottees, participants and the general public about our organization’s activities, project updates and accomplishments.

By most accounts Northern Water has returned to its pre-COVID operational practices. However, like many organizations, we have improved our access and use of technology to allow for improved business continuity and service to our constituency.

Also worth underscoring in 2022 was the intensified awareness of decreasing storage levels in critical reservoirs throughout the Colorado River system. Most notable activities were requests by the Department of Interior to substantially lessen water demands in the Colorado River Basin to respond to a two-decade decline in system inflows; and further exacerbated by reservoir releases to counter what appears to be unchecked water demands in certain areas of the lower basin.