Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo urges Colorado River states to come to agreement
In a rare public statement on contentious water use negotiations, Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo urged the seven Colorado River Basin states to come to an agreement as time runs out to strike one. Lombardo thanked Interior Secretary Doug Burgum in a letter dated Tuesday for an invitation to a meeting in Washington, D.C., this week with all the states’ governors and appointed negotiators. Though it didn’t happen, Lombardo asked Burgum to reschedule it for January “as the risks of inaction continue to grow.” … The letter comes less than a week before the start of the Colorado River Water Users Association conference in Las Vegas.
Other Colorado River news:
- Inside Climate News: Colorado River water is too cheap, particularly for agricultural users
- FOX5 (Las Vegas, Nev.): The Colorado River’s water level is so low that a man can walk across it
- American Rivers: Blog: Historic step forward to secure environmental flows in the Colorado River
- John Fleck at Inkstain: Blog: ‘Water Is For Fighting Over,’ ten years on
