Colorado River is dimming as time runs out for the negotiators tasked with dividing up the shrinking river relied upon by 40 million people. “The path to success seems tenuous at this point,” Arizona’s negotiator, Tom Buschatzke, said in an interview this week with The Denver Post. “The discussions continue to revolve around the main issue that we’ve been struggling with for some time since these discussions started.” … Colorado’s negotiator, Becky Mitchell, said in a statement this week in response to Buschatzke’s comments that time is of the essence in the negotiations. The states have no option but to live within the means of the river, she said.

Other Colorado River Basin news:

• KUNC (Greeley, Colo.): Here’s how ‘dire’ predictions from the federal government could impact Colorado River negotiations
• Newsweek: Lake Mead approaching ‘crunch time’ over water levels, rep says
• The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel (Colo.): Hurd encouraged to seek Shoshone grant unfreezing by officials, water leaders
• KLAS (Las Vegas, Nev.): Reduced river flow planned for Laughlin, Bullhead City to reduce caddisfly numbers
• The Land Desk: Blog: Summer’s over; and it was a dry one