… On Nov. 11, Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico, Arizona, California, Nevada and the Beehive state need to reach a consensus on how to split up a dwindling river that supplies water for nearly 40 million people. … Conserving water in Utah is nothing new. During dry years, there’s often not enough from rain and snowpack to meet everyone’s water rights, so some people go without their share. Those cuts typically happen on a small, localized basis. What makes potential Colorado River reductions unprecedented … is that they would happen basinwide. That’s why Utah has prepared for how that might play out.

Other Colorado River management news:

• Kiowa County Press (Eads, Colo.): Wildlife advocates in Arizona work to protect Colorado River
• Heart of the Rockies Radio (Salida, Colo.): Fate of Shoshone water right carries broad implications
• Calexico Times (Calif.): Opinion: Anxious times for Colorado River users
• Daily Independent (Sun City, Ariz.): Opinion: Arizona’s water: Stop digging the hole