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As the Colorado River slowly dries up, states angle for influence over future water rights

The Colorado River is in trouble: Not as much water flows into the river as people are entitled to take out of it. A new idea might change that, but complicated political and practical negotiations stand in the way.

The Conversation

As a deadline approaches, Colorado River states are still far apart on water sharing

Ahead of a deadline next week, the seven states that share the Colorado River have revealed competing plans for how the river should be managed in the future.

WEKU

Commentary: California and its neighbors are at an impasse over the Colorado River. Here’s a way forward

California and the other Colorado River Basin states are at odds over how to halt the precipitous decline of Lake Mead. The impasse reflects a century of failure to take a basic step left undone by the original Colorado River Compact.

Los Angeles Times

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Water war brewing over Colorado River

Diminished by climate change and overuse, the river can no longer provide the water states try to take from it

Salon

Flaming Gorge falls as drought felt higher up Colorado River

A boating and fishing paradise on the Utah-Wyoming line is beginning to feel the effects of the two-decade megadrought gripping the southwestern U.S. Until now, Flaming Gorge Reservoir hasn't seen anything like the low water that has drastically shrunk Lake Mead near Las Vegas and Lake Powell in Arizona and…

The Independent UK

Tensions grow over lack of a water deal for the shrinking Colorado River

LOS ANGELES — Two months ago, federal officials took the unprecedented step of telling the seven states that depend on Colorado River water to prepare for emergency cuts next year to prevent reservoirs from dropping to dangerously low levels.

Los Angeles Times

Amid severe drought, former Interior secretary calls for revamping Colorado River pact

LOS ANGELES — One hundred years after a landmark agreement divided the waters of the Colorado River among Western states, the pact is now showing its age as a hotter and drier climate has shrunk the river.

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