What might cuts to dwindling Colorado River mean for states?

A state-by-state breakdown of what water cuts would do.

(John Locher | AP file photo) Water flows down the Colorado River downriver from Hoover Dam in northwest Arizona, on Aug. 14, 2022, near the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. The Biden administration on Tuesday, April 11, 2023, released an environmental analysis of competing plans for how Western states and tribes reliant on the dwindling Colorado River should cut their use.

What might cuts to dwindling Colorado River mean for states?

A state-by-state breakdown of what water cuts would do.

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