More questions than answers at Colorado River water meetings abc15
Key questions resurfaced Thursday at a conference of Colorado River water administrators and users from seven U.S. states, Native American tribes and Mexico who are served by the shrinking river stricken by drought and climate change.What target goals need to be met for voluntary cutbacks in water use by the seven states that rely on the river before the federal government steps in?
The Colorado provides drinking water to 40 million people, irrigation for millions of acres of agriculture and hydropower in the U.S. Southwest. “The alternative to inaction is brutal and entirely obvious,” Cullom said of a domino effect of shortages that would be borne first by entities with junior water rights advancing to those with senior standing. “We agree all states, sectors and tribes must play a role.”
“People have the right to make a good choice or a bad choice,” he said, “and that includes moving to a spot that might not have water.”
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