US considers proposal to cut Colorado River water use, Arizona says.
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is considering adopting much of a proposal by Arizona, California and Nevada to reduce water use on the drought-stricken Colorado River, according to Arizona’s chief negotiator, a step that could spare the states steeper federal cuts.
With a 20-year-old plan expiring this year and talks among seven states that share the river at an impasse, the three Lower Basin states presented the bureau on May 1 with a short-term proposal to deal with severe water shortages.
