Nevada water managers have submitted a plan for cutting diversions. But their plan targets cuts in Utah and the Colorado River’s other Upper Basin states, not in Nevada.
Drastic measures are needed to rescue Lake Powell, but Upper Basin states say their use did not cause the crisis on the Colorado River.
But the Silver State’s plan targets cuts in Utah and the river’s other Upper Basin states, not in Nevada, whose leaders contend it already is doing what it can to reduce reliance on the depleted river system that provides water to 40 million in the West. One option Nevada offers is for Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming to accept substantial cuts in the amount of river they tap to ensure enough water reaches Lake Powell to keep Glen Canyon Dam’s hydropower turbines spinning andYears of drought have plunged the Colorado River into crisis. The four Upper Basin states have resisted proposing specific cuts to their use because most of the river’s water is used in the Lower Basin, which has received on average 8.
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