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After a Colorado River conservation agreement between California, Arizona and Nevada, states and tribes are turning their attention to a new round of pre-2026 negotiations.
While the deal has been praised as a breakthrough after months of failed negotiations, the one million acre-feet of water saved each year is far below the nearly four million the Bureau of Reclamation says will be necessary to balance demand and supply in the basin.
Arizona, California, and Nevada have agreed to take less water from the drought-strained Colorado River, a breakthrough agreement that, for now, keeps the river from falling so low that it would jeopardize water supply for major Western cities like Phoenix and Los Angeles as well as for some of America’s most productive farmland.