In the meantime, the Biden administration is considering asking
Western States along the Colorado River to accept unprecedented cuts
to their water allotments as drought, climate change and
human overuse are draining the river. The proposal would
reduce the water delivered to California, Arizona and Nevada
by as much as one quarter was also one of
three plans put forward by the Department of Interior.
Yesterday. The Colorado River supplies drinking water to 40
million Americans as well as two states in Mexico.
And it irrigates 5.5 million agricultural acres. Decades of
overuse combined with years of drought have caused a sharp
drop in water levels in recent years, Hannah.