Arizona joins Nevada to fight proposed cuts to their shares of Colorado River

SO SOMEBODY FINALLY LOOKED INTO IT AND APPARENTLY EVERYONE THINKS THIS WATER DRAMA IS JUST A LOCAL PROBLEM BUT ARIZONA AND NEVADA ARE ACTUALLY SUING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION OVER HUGE CUTS TO THE COLORADO RIVER! THE WHOLE RIVER SYSTEM IS LIKE A DRAMATIC NATURE DOCUMENTARY BECAUSE LAKE MEAD AND LAKE POWELL ARE AT HISTORICALLY LOW LEVELS WHICH IS WILD BECAUSE OF OVERUSE AND CLIMATE CHANGE! THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED RESTRICTIONS THAT MIGHT SLASH WATER SUPPLIES FOR THE LOWER BASIN STATES WHILE THE UPPER BASIN STATES LIKE WYOMING AND COLORADO GOT SPARED COMPLETELY! THE STATES MISSED DEADLINES SO THE FEDS STEPPED IN AND NOW THERE IS SERIOUS FEAR OF A DEADPOOL SCENARIO WHERE THE RIVER LITERALLY STOPS FLOWING WHICH SOUNDS LIKE A DAMN APOCALYPSE MOVIE! OK BUT ARE YOU SEEING WHAT I AM SEEING?

THIS IS THE KIND OF THING THAT KEEPS ME UP BECAUSE ARIZONA AND NEVADA ARE FIGHTING THE FEDS OVER WATER RIGHTS AND IT IS ABSOLUTELY BONKERS! THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT SAID THEY ARE SLASHING SUPPLIES BECAUSE THE RIVER IS SHRINKING BUT THE LOWER BASIN STATES ARE FURIOUS THAT WYOMING AND NEW MEXICO ARE OFF THE HOOK! THEY WERE AT A TOTAL IMPASSE AND MISSED EVERY DEADLINE IMAGINABLE SO NOW THE GOVERNMENT IS FORCING CUTS WHICH MIGHT LAST TWO YEARS DEPENDING ON THE RIVER CONDITION! WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A DEADPOOL SITUATION WHERE THE WATER BASICALLY STOPS RUNNING ENTIRELY! IT IS A MASSIVE LEGAL BATTLE OVER THE MOST BASIC RESOURCE WE HAVE AND I HONESTLY DO NOT KNOW HOW IT GETS FIXED! ANYWAY TELL ME IF YOU HEAR ANYTHING ELSE.

Arizona and Nevada have launched a legal challenge against the Trump administration's proposed water supply cuts from the Colorado River, citing concerns over river conditions and reservoir levels.

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