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With the Colorado River in crisis, those who decide its future gather with a sense of urgency
The river that supplies water to 40 million people in the Southwest is alarmingly dry. Since the federal government declared a water shortage this summer for the first time, the Colorado River has been thrust into national headlines, and so...
The 500-plus plan to save Lake Mead is monumental – and still solves nothing
Opinion: New details underscore how big – but also how much of a Band-Aid – the plan to keep Lake Mead from tanking really is....
Major extra cuts to be made in Arizona deliveries of Colorado River water next year
The Central Arizona Project’s governing board took the first steps Thursday toward approving Arizona’s share of a plan to save a half-million acre-feet a year of Colorado River water in order to prop up ailing Lake Mead....
$1.2 trillion infrastructure package: what it means for CAP
President Joe Biden’s recent signing of a $1.2 trillion ...
States are funding a plan to keep Colorado River water in Lake Mead. What will it do?
Since August, top water officials in each state have been negotiating further reductions in a new plan, known as the 500+ Plan. As with many things on the Colorado River, the plan is voluntary — sort of. In fact, a requirement in the DCP ga...