Governors in the Colorado River basin and their negotiators are meeting with Interior Secretary Doug Burgum in Washington on Friday. … On the eve of the high-stakes summit, negotiators from both the upper and lower river basins are not sounding confident they can reach an agreement before a fast-approaching Feb. 14 deadline. … “Some in the lower basin wanted some sort of guaranteed supply, irrespective of hydrologic conditions,” [Colorado negotiator Becky] Mitchell said. “And I think asking people to guarantee something that cannot be guaranteed is a recipe that cannot get to success.” … California’s water negotiator, J.B. Hamby, was talking to roughly 600 people on a webinar about his take on the state of negotiations. … He largely focused on his desire to still find a compromise among the seven states in the river basin.

Other Colorado River negotiations news:

• KJZZ (Phoenix): Colorado River water cuts would be ‘devastating’ to Central Arizona Project, leaders say
• Arizona Mirror: Colorado River states meet Friday in DC with federal deadline looming, litigation threat growing
• Arizona Daily Star (Tucson): Arizona, Colorado building river litigation war chests
• Deseret News (Salt Lake City, Utah): Can Interior Secretary Doug Burgum make the Colorado River states finally agree?
• The Washington Post: Fate of Colorado River hangs in balance as political battle brews
• The New York Times: Governors dive into an impasse over Colorado River water use
• E&E News by Politico: The West’s water war arrives in Washington
• Lake Powell Chronicle (Globe, Ariz.): Colorado River at the crossroads: what happens if talks fail