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States struggle to find Colorado River cuts as Lake Mead shrinks

LAS VEGAS — Getting states to agree to use less water is hard. Doing so in a matter of months is near impossible.

Tribune News Service · Mar 6, 2023

In dry West, farmers balk at idling land to save water

With drought, climate change and overuse of the Colorado River leading to increasingly dire conditions in the West, the federal Bureau of Reclamation is looking at fallowing as a way to cut water use

The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2023

Commentary: California and its neighbors are at an impasse over the Colorado River. Here’s a way forward

California and the other Colorado River Basin states are at odds over how to halt the precipitous decline of Lake Mead. The impasse reflects a century of failure to take a basic step left undone by the original Colorado River Compact.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 2, 2023

As Colorado River shrinks, water evaporation becomes critical to California’s future supplies

LOS ANGELES — Much of the Colorado River’s water is diverted from reservoirs and transported in canals to the farmlands and cities of the desert Southwest. But some of the water also ends up going elsewhere — vanishing into thin air.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 16, 2023

The river’s end: Amid Colorado water cuts, Mexico seeks to restore its lost oasis

LOS ALGODONES, Mexico — When the Colorado River reaches the U.S.-Mexico border, it pushes up against Morelos Dam. Nearly all the remaining water is shunted aside into an immense canal and flows toward the farmlands and cities of Baja California.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 9, 2023

‘A living spirit’: Native people push for changes to protect the Colorado River

FORT MOHAVE, Ariz. — On a bluff overlooking the Lower Colorado River Valley, the ground bears an image of two giant figures. Known as the Twins, these ancient figures are revered by members of the Fort Mojave Indian Tribe, who say they show their people’s deep connection to the land…

Los Angeles Times · Feb 9, 2023

Wet La Nina winter likely to bring more water into Lake Powell

LAS VEGAS — One of the Colorado River’s two major reservoirs is expected to collect better than average runoff this year, thanks to an unusually wet La Nina pattern that dropped a deluge of snow up and down the basin.

Tribune News Service · Feb 9, 2023

Michael Hiltzik: The fight over the Colorado River is a 100-year-old interstate grudge match

Arizona was girding for war with California over the Colorado River.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 9, 2023

Q&A: Colorado River crisis brings ‘very dry’ reality to US West

Al Jazeera speaks to UN expert Lis Mullin Bernhardt about need to adapt to historic drought’s impact on key US waterway.

Al Jazeera · Feb 8, 2023

In Arizona, Colorado River crisis stokes worry over growth and groundwater depletion

BUCKEYE, Ariz. — Kathleen Ferris stared across a desert valley dotted with creosote bushes, wondering where the water will come from to supply tens of thousands of new homes. In the distance, a construction truck rumbled along a dirt road, spewing dust.

Los Angeles Times · Feb 8, 2023