The Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan is designed to keep Lake Mead from falling so low that it cannot deliver water or produce hydropower. Representatives from seven states, two nations and 10 Indian tribes came together recently to sign the historic plan. "Climate change is already resulting in less runoff on the river, even in normal snowpack years. Those impacts are expected to worsen in the future. We have to figure out ways to make up for that or live with less. The DCP has given us a bridge to the longterm solutions we need," said Metropolitan General Manager Jeffrey Kightlinger. Read his full statement.

Metropolitan’s Board of Directors voted recently to become a leader and board member of the California Resilience Challenge, a statewide effort to build local resilience to the droughts, floods, wildfires and sea-level rise that climate change will bring to California. As part of its commitment, Metropolitan will contribute $200,000 to the initiative, which will use the funding to provide grants to community-level climate change adaptation projects. Read the press release.

Metropolitan has been selected by the State Water Resources Control Board to receive $1 million in grant funds for the Regional Recycled Water Advanced Purification Center. The center is one of six projects to receive funding for recycled water research. The funds will be used to evaluate membrane bioreactors, a promising technology to purify recycled water for potable reuse. To learn more about the center, visit mwdh2o.com/rrwp.