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He U.S. Bureau of Reclamation laid down the planning process on the development of post-2026 operational guidelines and strategies for Lake Powell and Lake Mead during a podcast Tuesday.
The drought and diversion-challenged Colorado River serving 40 million people in the West and irrigating 5.5 million acres of farmland will undergo an operational facelift.
The Colorado River, described as the hardest working river in the West, is in trouble. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is actively working on a plan to save it, and users in seven states that rely on its water — including Utah — may face a day of reckoning.
Utah water officials say they’re concerned about the move, and that it will diminish the voices of Colorado River Basin states.
Federal, state and tribal negotiators are beginning talks on how to share the water and the pain of a drought-stricken Colorado River.