States debate Colorado River water rights

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4

PROGRAM #11040 12:00 PM PT 

States debate Colorado River water rights. 

Negotiators from the seven states in the upper and lower Colorado River basins are racing against the clock to decide how to divide the river’s water. All agree that less water must be used, but not on who should bear the deepest cuts. The federal government has released a plan for the river’s future management and opened a public comment period. What are the roots of the Colorado River crisis? How should water-use cuts be handled during drought? What happens when current water-rights rules expire in August? How are conservation goals being met so far? What is the federal plan, and what alternatives are states proposing? This is a special program in the “Cuando se seca el arroyo” series.

Guests: TBA.

Photo: Jonathan Varghese/Unsplash

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