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As water and climate expert Peter Gleick told James recently, “If we had cut water use in the Colorado River over the last two decades to what we now understand to be the actual levels of water ...
The Colorado River provides water to seven states from Wyoming to Southern California, as well as 30 tribal nations and northern Mexico. The river has long been overallocated, and reservoir levels ...
Map showing the Upper and Lower Colorado River Basin, and adjacent areas supplied by Colorado River water. The Colorado River Basin consists of 246,000 square miles (640,000 km 2), making it the seventh largest drainage basin in North America. [1] About 238,600 square miles (618,000 km 2), or 97 percent of the basin, is in the United States. [40]
California water agencies say they have reduced water use by more than 1.2 million acre-feet over the last two years, decreasing the state’s usage of Colorado River supplies to the lowest levels ...
English: Chart showing usage of water from the Colorado River by livestock, crops, power, commercial, industrial and residential users Data source: Shao, Elena. (May 22, 2023).
The Colorado River, which provides water for about 15% of our country’s agriculture, is shrinking, and the current agreement that divvies up the water usage ends in 2026.
On November 20, 2012, the International Boundary and Water Commission of the United States and Mexico signed an agreement termed "Minute 319," which updated the Law of the River to address how the 1,500,000 acre-feet (1.9 km 3) of Colorado River water that Mexico receives every year would be affected by surplus or drought conditions. [47]
Federal officials said Tuesday they will ease water cuts for Western states reliant on the Colorado River next year thanks to a slightly improved outlook, but long-term challenges remain. Years of ...