Landmark Deal Reached to Protect Drought-Stricken Colorado River
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The states along the Colorado River have reached an agreement with the Biden administration to conserve an unprecedented amount of their water supply in exchange for $1.2 billion in federal funding. The deal amounts to a temporary solution intended to protect the country’s largest reservoirs — Lake Powell and Lake Mead — from dropping to critical levels over the next three years. The three states that comprise the Lower Basin have agreed to voluntarily conserve 3 million acre-feet of water over the next three years, which amounts to 13 percent of these states’ total allocation from the river.
- Colorado River states reach deal with Biden to protect drought-stricken river The Washington Post
- A Breakthrough Deal to Keep the Colorado River From Going Dry, for Now The New York Times
- States reach landmark deal on water cuts to stave off a crisis on the Colorado River CNN
- Guest opinion: Elizabeth Black: Colorado River crisis calls for a reevaluation of our modern attachment to prior appropriation Boulder Daily Camera
- States dependent on Colorado River required to conserve unprecedented amount of water in landmark deal ABC News
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