Colorado River Delta - Water For the Environment and Environmental Benefits
First-time ever plans for environmental benefits in the Colorado River Delta were set in motion by an agreement known as Minute 319, which was signed in 2012 by the United States and Mexico. The agreement included a science-based plan for a one-time “pulse flow” release of 105,392 acre-feet (130 million cubic meters) of water from the Morelos Dam near Yuma, Arizona, in March of 2014.