Arizona Fights Changes in Colorado Plan

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Y He said he will meet, with representatives from the states this week, "however, time is short" "The basin is still in the grasp of this drought, and it is critically important that we re- solve this issue now," Johnson added. The other states hadn't seen, Arizona's letter Wednesday and reacted cautiously. "Utah's position is we're still talking among the basin states, and we are optimistic that an agreement can be reached that will not harm Arizona and that will be beneficial to all the ba- sin states," said Dennis Strong, director of the Utah Division of Water, Resources. Arizona identified several concerns about the agreement, in its letter, but the dispute hangs mostly on proposed changes to the way the states manage water in Lake Powell and Lake Mead, the two largest .storage reservoirs on , the Colorado Rivera Under the proposed drought plan,. shortages are . triggered by water levels in Lake Mead, which stores wa- ter for Arizona, Nevada and California As the lake level de- clines, the size of the water shortages grows, which is why the three lower -river states have proposed ideas -to in- crease storage. Arizona would feel the main brunt of any shortage because it gave up legal seniority to part of its allocation in ex- change for the Central Arizona Project Canal, which deers water to Phoenix and Tucson. The water in that canal is the first to be cutoff in a shortage. The agreement called. for a system of balancing the water in Mead and Powell,. which store water on behalf of the upper -basin . states of Col - orado, Utah, Wyoming and mnE Ps dni . disconnect b technologies Unfortunatel •80 %ofp partygoer • Prescript • The stop the time There its ! decision to back at M 0 Type °srr • Find out • Type the Teens may better with y For more tip Signed, The Advertic .American A Cable in the