Colorado River basin states try to come up with a solution to water sharing

Governors of Colorado basin states have been battling back and forth over a solution to water sharing. However, a solution has yet to be found.

The Colorado River supports 40 million people reaching from Wyoming to the U.S. Mexico border, alongside an additional 5.5 million acres of farmland, and American Indian tribes.

Basin states remain divided over whether the downstream states of Arizona, California, and Nevada must limit their current water supply to ensure that upstream states like Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming can grow using supplies that were promised a century ago, but stripped by climate change.

Tom Buschatzke, Director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources, joined “Arizona Horizon” to discuss the ongoing negotiations.