Six of seven western states that rely on water from the Colorado River have reached consensus on a model to dramatically cut water use in the river basin, after the federal government called for action last August. The states of Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming jointly submitted a letter on Monday to the Bureau of Reclamation that outlines a Consensus-Based Modeling Alternative (CBMA) for Reclamation to evaluate and incorporate into its development of a Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) to revise current Operating Guidelines (07 Guidelines) for Glen Canyon Dam at Lake Powell and Hoover Dam at Lake Mead.
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