PARADISE VALLEY — The governor of Utah said Thursday he understands there isn’t as much water as before in the Colorado River.
But Spencer Cox is not ready to accede to demands by Arizona and other “Lower Basin” states to simply curb the amount of water his tate takes from the river and its tributaries. Instead, he said, it’s going to take talks — talks that have so far failed to yield the deal that the Department of Interior had given the states until Nov. 11 to resolve when talks broke down.
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said, however, she knows who is to blame.“The Upper Basin … has refused to budget at all and refused to take any cuts,” Hobbs said at the time. “A Colorado River future that puts all the cuts on Arizona, that the Upper Basin doesn’t take any cuts, is not acceptable.”…