COLORADO RIVER PROJECT 1. The current problem is that a 1922 compact for dividing the Colorado River assumed it would flow nearly 17 million acre-feet per year—to be divided between 7 states, 20 million people, and 2 million acres of farmland. Currently, the Colorado is flowing at only 9 million acre-feet per year. And 1.5 million acre-feet are for Mexico every year. The upper basin states (Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, and Utah) believe that the lower basin states get too much of …showed first 75 words of 3448 total…

…showed last 75 words of 3448 total…farming all over the region by increasing the water prices. We would also implement a Bureau of Reclamation project to save the surplus water from being evaporated. In short, no radical changes—just improvements in efficiency. And we would be fair to Mexico. This reflects our group’s position that the current situation is not really unfair and not in crisis—it just needs improvement. And with involvement by all parties, that can be accomplished.