The Biden administration floated two ideas this week to reduce water usage from the dwindling Colorado River, which supplies 40 million people.
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States regrouped and came up with competing ideas in January for reducing use. California proposed a plan separate from the other six states — Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming and Utah.HOW WOULD EACH PLAN AFFECT CALIFORNIA? Its farming regions would be hard-hit, likely meaning growers would leave some fields unplanted. Cities like Los Angeles and San Diego have other sources of water, but a loss of river water could spur conservation rules that limit activities like watering grass.Arizona is in a tough spot regardless of what proposal moves forward because much of its water has a junior status in the priority system.
Under both options, some Arizona water users could have their allocations cut to zero if Lake Mead falls low enough to risk hydropower production. “The question will become ‘how bad that pain is and who it falls on,’” said Jay Weiner, an attorney for the Fort Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe.
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