Wednesday December 11, 2024
Los Angeles Times —
What happens at the Colorado River conference in Las Vegas stays at the Colorado River conference in Las Vegas — because nothing really happened.
A multistate effort to lock in long-term plans for conserving vital shared water from the struggling Colorado River remains stalled.
The conference is typically an opportunity for the seven states that rely on the river — California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Wyoming — to come to the table and make progress on a deal. But not this year.
“Those on both sides say they are willing to continue trying to reach a deal on how to apportion cutbacks in water use after 2026, when the current rules expire,” Times reporter Ian James wrote this week. “But they also say easing the stalemate will be difficult.”