The clock is ticking on the shrinking Colorado River as Western states miss a key deadline
Negotiators for seven Western states said they are making progress in ongoing negotiations over how to share the diminishing waters of the Colorado River, but they provided no specifics. A deadline set by the Trump administration came and went Tuesday without any region-wide agreement on water cutbacks.
The Trump administration gave the states' negotiators a Nov. 11 deadline to come up with initial terms of a plan to prevent the river’s giant reservoirs from declining to dangerously low levels.
Negotiators for the states and the federal Interior Department said in a joint statement that they "recognize the serious and ongoing challenges facing the Colorado River," and that "prolonged drought and low reservoir conditions have placed extraordinary pressure on this critical water resource."
"While more work needs to be done, collective progress has been made that warrants continued efforts to define and approve details for a finalized agreement," they said.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-clock-is-ticking-on-the-shrinking-colorado-river-as-western-states-miss-a-key-deadline/ar-AA1Qg3bE
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