The federal government is expected to announce water cuts soon that would affect some of the 40 million people reliant on the Colorado River.
WASHINGTON — The federal government is expected to announce water cuts soon that would affect some of the 40 million people reliant on the Colorado River , the powerhouse of the U.S. West. The Interior Department announces water availability for the coming year months in advance so Western cities, farmers and others can plan.
government paying water districts and other users for much of that conservation.Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming — the state's so-called Upper Basin — don't use their full 7.5 million acre-foot allocation from the river, and get a percentage of the water that's available each year.An acre-foot is enough water to serve roughly two to three U.S. households in a year.Yes, for now.
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