Plan for water cuts from 3 Western states is enough to protect Colorado River

Plan for water cuts from 3 Western states is enough to protect Colorado River

By Kathleen Ronayne And Amy Taxin

Source: The Associated Press

10/25/2023

Credit: AP Photo/Matt York

Federal officials said Wednesday that conditions have improved on the Colorado River to the point that a plan by California, Arizona and Nevada to voluntarily reduce water use should help keep the river basin on stable footing for the next few years.

The U.S. Department of the Interior said in a statement that the risk of reaching critically low water elevations at Lake Powell and Lake Mead, the river’s two key reservoirs, has gone down substantially.

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