OPINION: 'I have two plans, one outrageous and one real, for dealing with the Colorado River,' writes Michael Carpenter, a retired hydrologist with the U.S. Geological Survey.
I have two plans, one outrageous and one real, for dealing with the Colorado River.
California has a senior right, but to the best of my knowledge, does not have the sole senior right to the exclusion of the other Lower Basin states. Keep in mind that Imperial Valley and the Yuma area are the gardens of the United States. However, much of the alfalfa grown with Colorado River water goes to the Middle East. Imperial and others have been wasting water because they have feared that if they did not take it they could lose it.
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