Governor Spencer Cox (R-Utah) is traveling to Washington this week for a high-stakes meeting on the future of the Colorado River. Cox will meet on Friday with leaders from the seven Colorado River states and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum. … “Federal intervention will be necessary if the states do not agree on a solution, and it will have winners and losers, with Utah almost certainly on the losing side. The only new Colorado River water available for Utah to divert is if water users on the Wasatch front cut their water supplies or Uinta basin farmers cut their water use more than they already have,” [Utah Rivers Council Executive Director Zach] Frankel said.

Other Colorado River news:

• Colorado Politics (Denver): Opinion: Our shared effort to safeguard the Colorado River