Arizona proposes Colorado River water cuts to avoid shortages
May 7
Arizona is one of three states that submitted a proposal to federal officials to increase conservation over the next two years. This is intended to help prevent any further decline in the water supply from the Colorado River.
The goal for this proposal is to buy more time to plan out a longer-term deal that incorporates all seven states. This proposal would add up to a million acre-feet a year in water-use reductions, on top of the 1.5 million acre-feet they had already proposed cutting among themselves and Mexico.
Sarah Porter, Director of Kyl Center for Water Policy, joined “Arizona Horizon” to discuss the situation.
