Federal Water Managers Discover Colorado River Has Finite Water, Act Surprised
- Who
- Bureau of Reclamation and seven Colorado River basin states
- What
- New federal water allocation plan reduces Nevada's share after 20-year agreement expires
- When
- August 1, 2026
- Where
- Colorado River Basin, Western United States
The Bureau of Reclamation released a revised operations plan for the Colorado River following the expiration of the 2007 Interim Guidelines that governed water allocations among seven basin states. The new framework reduces Nevada's annual allocation from 300,000 acre-feet to 270,000 acre-feet while adjusting deliveries to Arizona and California. Federal officials described the changes as necessary to address declining reservoir levels at Lake Mead and Lake Powell after two decades of overallocation and drought.
After twenty years of treating the Colorado River like a bottomless mimosa brunch, the Bureau of Reclamation has finally noticed the pitcher is empty and decided Nevada should drink less.
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