The U.S. Department of the Interior announced yesterday that for the second consecutive year, the lower Colorado River basin will be in a tier 1, meaning that Arizona’s Colorado River water allocation will once again be reduced by 18% – 512,000 acre-feet.
“The future conditions in the Basin are likely to continue to force hard decisions by those who rely on the Colorado River,” said Tom Buschatzke, director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources, in an Aug. 15 ADWR press release. “We need all users to contribute to the system’s security.”
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