The Implications of Colorado River Cuts on Water Supplies and Drought Crisis.

The Biden administration has proposed two ways to reduce water usage from the Colorado River, which supplies 40 million people across seven US states and dozens of Native American tribes. The river irrigates nearly 5.5 million acres of farmland in the US and Mexico and generates hydroelectric power used across the West. The proposals consider using the existing water priority system or the same percentage across the board to force cuts in the water supply for Arizona, Nevada and California. Federal officials are expected to announce a formal decision this summer, and if states and tribes don’t reach consensus, that deadline could be delayed.