Western States Buy Time With a 7-Year Colorado River Drought Plan

Facing a hotter, drier future, seven states recently signed an extensive new water management agreement for the Colorado River reservoirs

Western States Buy Time With a 7-Year Colorado River Drought Plan

As Midwest states struggled with record spring flooding this year, the Southwest was wrestling with the opposite problem — not enough water. On May 20, federal officials and leaders from seven states signed the Colorado River Drought Contingency Plan, a sweeping new water...

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