"Western States' Water Supply at Risk: Historic Colorado River Deal Reached"

California, Arizona, and Nevada have agreed to conserve 3 million acre-feet of water over the next three years to protect the drought-stricken Colorado River, in exchange for $1.2 billion in federal funds. The deal is intended to protect the country’s largest reservoirs, Lake Powell and Lake Mead, from dropping to critical levels over the next three years and ward off the possibility of a “dead pool” scenario. However, the deal is only a temporary solution and won't be enough to solve the Colorado River crisis.