Arizona puts Colorado River dispute on route to Supreme Court
Arizona’s move to join Nevada’s lawsuit over the Trump administration’s Colorado River cuts is inflaming tensions among states and making it more likely the dispute will end up before the U.S. Supreme Court. … Arizona and Nevada both allege the Interior Department violated the Administrative Procedure Act and the 1922 Colorado River Compact. … If the case reaches the Supreme Court, the justices would likely appoint a special master to administer water allocations and river operations during the litigation, [water law professor at the University of Kansas School of Law Robin Kundis] Craig said. The court, through the special master, would “have to provide some sort of guidance on how to manage the river, especially with regard to whether the Upper Basin has to take cuts, as well as the Lower Basin,” she said.
Other Colorado River management news:
- KTAR (Phoenix): ‘Arizona got screwed’ in Colorado River water deal, Democrat says
- KUNR (Reno, Nev.): Colorado River Basin lost trillions of gallons of groundwater during recent severe drought, study finds
- CNN: There’s another water crisis happening in the Colorado River Basin — and this one’s invisible
- Arizona Republic (Phoenix): Commentary: That banked water? Use it, Colorado says
- Wall Street Journal: Opinion: What can be done about the Colorado River?
