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The Colorado River water rights deal is a stopgap. What's next?

by Savannah Maher
May 23, 2023
This proposal could save the river system from imminent collapse, but in 2026, the current drought management guidelines will expire.
The Colorado River may lose another 20% of its water in the coming decades because of climate change, said Kyle Roerink of the Great Basin Water Network.
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Supreme Court hears case on Navajo Nation water rights

by Savannah Maher
Mar 20, 2023
Amid regional efforts to conserve the Colorado River's flow, the U.S. government argues it has no duty to enforce Navajo water rights.
At the Supreme Court on Monday, the federal government acknowledged the Navajo Nation’s water right but argued that it has no duty to enforce that right.
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Another day, another blown deadline for Colorado River basin states

by Savannah Maher
Feb 1, 2023
California did not sign on to a proposal from six other states.
"Bathtub rings" show where water levels once stood in Lake Mead, which is fed by the quickly depleting Colorado River.
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Drought threatens hydropower produced by Colorado River

by Savannah Maher
Jan 25, 2023
Facing a prolonged megadrought, Western states must prep for huge water-use cuts.
Lake Powell, a reservoir on the Colorado River. The river supplies hydroelectric power across the West, but it faces dwindling water levels.
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Water managers float idea of paying farmers to reduce use of Colorado River

by Savannah Maher
Dec 19, 2022
The seven states have until late January to agree on massive water conservation measures or the feds say they’ll impose cuts. 
Officials have proposed using federal money to pay Colorado River basin farmers between $100 and $400 per acre-foot of water conserved. Above, a stretch of the waterway in Arizona.
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Why is it so hard to negotiate a Colorado River conservation deal?

by Savannah Maher
Oct 6, 2022
It's been almost two months since the basin states blew past a federal deadline to negotiate major water conservation.
Without significant conservation, the seven basin states that depend on the Colorado River for water and hydroelectric power risk shortages.
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