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As states agree to leave more water in the Colorado River reservoir, Native tribes get more involved after a history of being left on the water management sidelines.

Water worries in West force sports teams to get creative | 2021-12-22 00:12:58

Renegotiating usage plans to sustainably conserve and store enough for all users of the Colorado River is easier said than done.

Hundreds of water managers, experts, academics and thinkers will meet next week in Las Vegas at the Colorado River Water Users Association annual conference. Some of them are discussing a somewhat radical idea: splitting the water between upper and lower basin, not at a fixed 7.5 million acre-feet each, as outlined in the 1922 compact, but an even half and half of whatever the flows are in a given year — nonstationary guidelines that allow for adapting to less water overall.

Hundreds of water managers, experts, academics and thinkers will meet next week in Las Vegas at the Colorado River Water Users Association annual conference. Some of them are discussing a somewhat radical idea: splitting the water between upper and lower basin not at a fixed 7.5 million acre-feet each as outlined in the 1922 compact, but an even half and half of whatever the flows are in a given year — non-stationary guidelines that allow for adapting to less water overall.