The seven states that rely on the Colorado River for water are nearing a climate change crisis. Here's what must be done
Michael Cohen is a Senior Associate with the Pacific Institute, where his work focuses on water use in the Colorado River basin and the management and revitalization of the Salton Sea ecosystem.
People walk by a formerly sunken boat standing upright into the air with its stern buried in the mud along the shoreline of Lake Mead at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023, near Boulder City, Nev.But just pointing to drought misses the fundamental problem: the rules governing Colorado River use give away more water than flowed down the river even in the wetter 20th century.
Last June, Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Camille Touton, the federal official charged with managing the river,, urging users to cut their water use by as much as one-third—on top of existing reductions—starting this year.
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