With no drought contingency plan approved, official turns to governors
With another deadline missed Monday, the head of the Bureau of Reclamation is now looking for the governors in the states in the Colorado River basin to tell her what they think she should do to keep water levels from dropping even lower. But there’s just two weeks for them to do that.
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- KJZZ: Why drought contingency plan ‘deadlines’ don’t tell the full story
- Phoenix New Times: Will Arizona blow another deadline for Colorado River drought plan?
- Congressional Research Service: Management of the Colorado River: Water Allocations, Drought, and the Federal Role
