Arizona Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly, both Democrats, have been part of the informal caucus of senators who discuss the future of the Colorado River.
Alex Hager KUNC Senators from the seven Western states in the Colorado River basin have been quietly meeting “for about a year,” to facilitate difficult discussions between the states over the river's future.
People are also reading… Arizona Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly, both Democrats, have been part of the informal caucus of senators, according to their offices. The Arizona senators also said they have been pushing other efforts to support water conservation and management in the watershed, with both claiming credit for helping get billions in federal funding for drought relief and for the Colorado River basin.
The caucus meets as a megadrought, and climate change has shrunk the amount of water in the Colorado River’s largest reservoirs, and states have struggled to agree on plans to reduce demand. The federal government has historically left water management decisions to the states but has expanded its role in recent years.
Listen now and subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Spotify | RSS Feed | Omny Studio “I’m not looking for the federal government to create some magical law or solve all the problems through federal legal systems,” he said. “We’re really more facilitators.” Reclamation has asked the states for input on plans to reduce the amount of water drawn from the river as Lake Powell and Lake Mead fall to historic lows, but getting agreement has been tough. Six states presented a proposal last month to reduce releases, but California released its own proposal.
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