Feds propose reducing Colorado River water to lower-basin states

Dark skies move over the Colorado River at Horseshoe Bend on Jan. 1, 2023, near Page, Arizona. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)

By Conrad Swanson | The Denver Post

PUBLISHED: April 11, 2023 at 4:32 PM MDT | UPDATED: April 11, 2023 at 7:52 PM MDT

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Colorado and the three other upper-basin states appear to have avoided federal officials imposing water cuts on them, at least in the short term.

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