Federal officials on Tuesday eased Colorado River water use restrictions due to a “lucky” year of increased precipitation, but drought and overuse remain a crisis as states, federal off…
Federal officials on Tuesday temporarily eased Colorado River water use restrictions due to a “lucky” year of increased precipitation, but drought and overuse remain a crisis as officials begin negotiations for the future of the river on which 40 million people in the West rely for drinking, agriculture and water.on negotiations that will govern the use of the river after current guidelines expire in 2026.
Negotiations for a new plan to replace a 2007 agreement began in June between federal officials, tribal leaders and the seven basin states — Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico and California. The groups must come to an agreement by 2027, when the current guidelines established in 2007 end.
Farmhand Adrian Gonzalez irrigates a field of newly planted alfalfa in Calipatria, Calif., part of the Imperial Valley, on Dec. 29, 2022. The valley depends solely on the Colorado River for its surface water supply. The Imperial Valley has rights to more than 1 trillion gallons of Colorado River water each year. The valley’s water rights to Colorado River are as much as Arizona and Nevada put together. Their rights are twice as much as the rest of the state of California.
That means two Lower Basin states that rely on releases from the reservoirs for water — Nevada and Arizona — will have a little more water to work with this year. Cuts don’t affect allocations to the Upper Basin states — Colorado, Utah, New Mexico or Wyoming — because they are upstream of the reservoirs.
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