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The Biden administration proposed actions Tuesday that would significantly reduce water supplies in seven western states amid severe drought conditions that stretch back decades. The Department of the Interior (DOI) released a draft proposal that highlighted two potential actions it could take to combat the Colorado River Basin's deteriorating water levels. The two proposals would
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The federal review lays out the painful choices facing the American West after a two-decade drought and chronic overuse have left crucial lakes - the water supply for tens of millions of people - dangerously diminished.
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The Biden administration on Tuesday was expected to publish its environmental review of operations at the Colorado River's major reservoirs, laying out the painful choices facing the American West after a two-decade drought and chronic overuse has left these crucial lakes - the water supply for tens of millions of people - dangerously diminished.
Experts have mixed opinions on legality of possible mandatory Colorado River cuts, including in areas where claims were staked with wooden posts long ago.
The Interior Department is considering having lower Colorado River Basin states bear the burden of water shortages equally over the next three years.