ICYMI: Six states including Arizona made the new proposal but Calif., which controls the largest share of the river water, will offer an opposing plan.
Tony Davis All Colorado River Basin states but California are proposing new cuts of nearly 2 million acre-feet of water use annually in an effort to prop up the declining river and its reservoirs.
People are also reading… The proposal would reduce Arizona’s share of total Colorado River supplies by about 55%, from its 2.8 million acre-foot allocation. How much the reduction would fall upon the 336-mile-long Central Arizona Project canal serving drinking water to Tucson and Phoenix isn’t spelled out.
Some cuts tied to lake levelsLike past measures, the six-state proposal ties some water cuts to levels at Lake Mead, with cuts increasing as the reservoir declines. The new proposal also speeds up the timing of cuts, having some kick in at higher elevations of the lake’s water level than before. The proposal advocates keeping Lake Mead at least at 1,000 feet high and Lake Powell at least at 3,500 feet. Those elevations are 50 feet and 10 feet, respectively, above the levels below which Hoover and Glen Canyon dams can’t generate electricity -- 950 and 3,490 feet respectively.
Still, John Fleck, a University of New Mexico-based water researcher, said, “I think this is an excellent proposal; it goes a long way toward dealing with the near term crisis. These are big cuts. The proposal leaves uncertainty about what happens next, said Kyle Roerink, of the Nevada- and Utah-based Great Basin Water Network. “This is the bare minimum. This does not put us in the clear for the long run.
“People still want to run the system as close to the edge as they can,” Udall said. “I think you need to do those cutbacks sooner rather than later.”
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