Utah won’t face mandatory cuts in feds’ new Colorado River proposal, but Lower Basin states could

After Colorado River states failed to reach a deal for sharing a dwindling water supply, the federal government released a plan for the next 10 years.

By: Annie Knox

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: August 1, 2026

Words: 867

Last Updated: 2 days, 20 hours ago

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After Utah and six other states along the Colorado River failed to reach a deal on how to share its dwindling water supply, the federal government on Friday released its own 10-year outline.

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This article is published through the Colorado River Collaborative, a solutions journalism initiative supported by the Janet Quinney Lawson Institute for Land, Water, and Air at Utah State University. See all of our stories about how …

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