Colorado Basin States Near Compromise

 

The Little Colorado?EUR??,,????'???s bright blue color is the result of bleaching of bottom sediments by the river?EUR??,,????'???s heavy mineral load. Photograph by Shannon Kelly.

Seven Colorado River Basin states involved in a protracted water battle are reportedly close to a compromise that will allow them to retain some control over their future. The Department of the Interior said that if states don?EUR??,,????'???t agree, federal officials will impose a plan on the region in December 2007. The basin states are at odds over how to allocate river water during times of shortage.

courtesy of Irrigation Association