Water cuts loom as US unveils long-awaited response to Colorado River crisis

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: headlines · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Fri, 31 Jul 2026 17:38:28 GMT

Federal government plan outlines cuts of roughly 40% to California, Arizona and Nevada but fix is likely to be only temporaryThe US government released its anxiously awaited plan for how to manage the Colorado River crisis on Friday, which includes the potential for harsh cuts in water supplied to California, Arizona and Nevada.Under the proposal, the so-called lower basin states stand to lose up to 3m acre-feet (3.7bn kiloliters) a year – enough water annually to serve more than 25 million people and roughly 40% of their collective total. The so-called upper basin states – Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming – were spared from mandates restricting their supply. Continue reading...

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