Colorado River

Arizona Edition: Extreme Weather Emergency Tour on how drought, heat impact Yuma ag, Colorado River Indian Tribes seek personhood for river and Arizona Western College's College Assistance Migrant Program's uncertain future.

Colorado River Indian Tribes is trying to work within the law to get some representation for a river that it sees as a living, beleaguered individual.

The latest projections for the Colorado River are out, and they paint a picture of more dry conditions and dropping reservoirs.

The Department of Water Resources will allow Buckeye to withdraw up to 5,926 acre-feet of water a year from the Harquahala basin in western Arizona for up to 110 years. That is enough to serve more than 17,000 homes.

Gov. Katie Hobbs highlighted the critical role of Yuma agriculture, which produces 90 percent of the leafy greens consumed in North America during winter.

The seven states that use the Colorado River are deadlocked about how to share it in the future. The current rules for dividing its shrinking supplies expire in 2026. State leaders are under pressure to propose a new sharing agreement urgently, so they can finish environmental paperwork before that deadline.

Humans have the technology to literally make snow fall from the clouds. In the drought-stricken Southwest, where the Colorado River needs every drop of water it can get, there are calls to use it more.

Leaders in California, Arizona and Nevada sent a letter to Doug Burgum, the newly appointed Secretary of the Interior, asking for a fresh review of proposals to manage the shrinking Colorado River.

The pause, stemming from a Trump administration executive order halting all disbursements from the Act, has put billions of dollars in water management resources at risk.

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