Wednesday Top of the Scroll: ‘Getting down to the wire,’ conservation groups try to pump up Colorado River negotiations
… The Great Basin Water Network, Living Rivers-Colorado Riverkeeper, Utah Rivers Council, and the Glen Canyon Institute released a report Wednesday with several recommendations they say would prevent the continued over-consumption of the river’s water. … Those recommendations include preventing new dams and diversions, sharing water cuts among states, improving hydrology data, increasing water recycling, stabilizing groundwater decline, preserving endangered species, and improving agricultural irrigation.
Other Colorado River news:
- KVVU/FOX5 (Las Vegas, Nev.): Deadline looms for new water use agreement among Nevada, states that use Colorado River
- Las Vegas Review-Journal (Nev.): Save Lake Mead from ‘human intransigence’ in 9 steps, coalition says
- Aspen Public Radio (Colo.): Zebra mussels threaten infrastructure and native ecosystems. Colorado is ramping up its efforts to detect and contain them.
