While the future of the Colorado River remains uncertain, officials from Nevada, California and Arizona are looking at other options to increase water stability in the southwest.
This week, the three states agreed to a Memorandum of Understanding to explore the legal and policy framework of possibly exchanging shares of Colorado River water and explore the potential need for federal funds to facilitate interstate exchanges.
“The memorandum of understanding really just outlines what the expectations are from all of the parties,” explained Bronson Mack, from the Southern Nevada Water Authority. “It’s really just a mechanism that allows all of these water utilities in each of these states with their own water laws to really be able to come together in a unified way and have a clear understanding of what’s expected as this continues to move forward.”…