Colorado River states clash on ways to absorb shortages
The Nevada Appeal, the Silver State's oldest continuously run newspaper, first published on May 16, 1865.
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The Nevada Appeal, the Silver State's oldest continuously run newspaper, first published on May 16, 1865.
SANTA ANA, Calif. — The seven U.S. states that draw water from the Colorado River basin are suggesting new ways to determine how the increasingly scarce resource is divvied up when the river can’t provide what it historically promised.
The seven U.S. states that draw water from the Colorado River basin are suggesting new ways to determine how the increasingly scarce resource is divvied up.
Negotiations are getting under way over the future of the Colorado River, a lifeline for more than 40 million people.
Everyone from policymakers to armchair warriors has a theory on the best way to solve the Colorado River crisis. Soon they’ll have a chance to test out their ideas. The Colorado River’s flow is droppi...