Colorado River's Shrinking Flow Endangers Life Across Seven States
The 1922 agreement allocating 15 million acre-feet of Colorado River water to seven states is now obsolete, as the river currently supplies only about 12 million acre-feet. Rapid population growth in cities like Phoenix, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas has been built on this water, but the shortfall is straining farms and communities. Decades of failed negotiations among the states have left the region facing severe water shortages.
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The 1922 compact divided the river's flow equally between upper and lower basin states, granting 7.5 million acre-feet to each,
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