Colorado River cutbacks have led to several consecutive years when New Mexico entities have received far less water than expected.
The Animas River flows in Farmington, N.M., on July 22, 2020. The river is a tributary of the San Juan River, part of the Colorado River System.EDITOR’S NOTE: This is part of a collaborative series on the Colorado River as the 100th anniversary of the historic Colorado River Compact approaches.
Touton said the states need to conserve an additional 2 to 4 million acre-feet of water next year to protect levels at Lake Powell in Arizona and Utah and Lake Mead in Nevada and Arizona.Nevada, Arizona and Mexico will all receive less water from the Colorado River next year because of rapidly-declining reservoirs, the Interior Department announced on Aug. 16.But the state’s existing water conservation programs could be under increased scrutiny.
“If we can get water users within places like the San Juan Basin to agree to shortage sharing agreements, then there’s no need for strict priority administration,” he said. “It’s a more acceptable solution, generally.”But the basin’s water is essential for the state’s largest city: Albuquerque. But Colorado River cutbacks have led to several consecutive years when the utility and other New Mexico entities have received far less water than expected from the inter-basin project.
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