As the state has built up its legal warchest ahead of a legal battle over how Colorado River water will be divvied up, one failed Republican proposal at the Capitol sought to notify Arizona residents of the worst case scenario. … [Ariz. Rep. Alexander] Kolodin’s bill would have required that every municipal water provider that receives water from the Central Arizona Project notify customers of the potential increase to their water rates if 100% of that water is no longer available. … The Central Arizona Project, a series of canals that supplies Colorado River water to the Phoenix and Tucson areas. But because it is one of the newest users of the Colorado River water, it will be among the first to be cut if the states that are part of the Colorado River Compact can’t reach an agreement before the deadline set by the federal government. 

Other Colorado River news:

• ABC15 (Phoenix): Video: Gila River among tribes with most to lose in Colorado River water negotiations
• Phoenix Business Journal: Gilbert joins Chandler in hiking water rates amid infrastructure strain
• KJZZ (Phoenix): As the Colorado River shrinks, it’s revealing an iconic canyon that’s been underwater for decades
• The Atlantic: The West’s winter has been a slow-moving catastrophe
• The Arizona Republic (Phoenix): Opinion: Unchecked growth is starving Colorado River