Commissioner Burman Issues Call to Action on DCP

Originally published in Journal of Water, Winter 2018

In her inaugural speech at the 2017 Colorado River Water Users’ Association Annual Conference, Brenda Burman, Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation (“Reclamation”), issued a call to action for the Lower Basin states to adopt the Drought Contingency Plan (“DCP”). Before turning to the call to action, Commissioner Burman noted the challenges facing th…