U.S. Raises Threat of Steep Water Cuts in Lower Colorado River Basin (Gift Article)

The Trump-Vance administration is planning drastic water cuts for Arizona, Nevada, and California. Are they lowering the water to use it elsewhere so that JD Vance can kayak?

“With decades-old rules governing water use set to expire at the end of this year, the Trump administration stepped in and said it would decide.” Well that’s not great

@snowden.st is it happening www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/c...

Communities and farms across AZ, NV and CA face potentially drastic cuts in the #water they can use from the Colorado River over the next decade under a plan the Trump administration published on Friday. The proposal could ignite a complex legal battle that could play out for years. By Scott Dance

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Obviously necessary, but I wish I had any confidence that this administration would do a decent job.

Huh, whomst could have seen such a thing coming www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/c...

By March, Lake Powell is forecast to reach a critical low. Its surface is expected to fall below the threshold to generate hydropower at Glen Canyon Dam, according to a federal analysis released this month. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/c...

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If you live in CA, AZ or NV, you stand to lose part of your water supply. 🎁 Gift article. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/c...

#westwater #cawater #ColoradoRiver GIFT LINK www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/c...

Phoenix, Las Vegas, LA. Don't reply with Las Vegas blah blah blah, it gets 4 percent of the water and has some of the best water conservation programs in the country. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/c...

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With the threat of water limits, is there a moratorium on building water cooled data centers? Or fracking? Or other water intensive industries?

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Trump is punishing Minnesota through assaults on our laws. He's punishing California and the other 'lower basin' states through assaults on their share of the Colorado River. The real coming wars won't be over oil - they'll be over water. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/c...

“Devastating”: Arizona Democratic Reaction to the Trump Administration Plan for Colorado River Water Distribution Earlier today, the Trump Administration released its plan for how to deal with the flow of Colorado River Water to Upper and Lower Basin States that depend on that vital resource.…

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This is a free to read gift article. U.S. Raises Threat of Steep Water Cuts in Lower Colorado River Basin #Cowx www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/c...

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www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/c... Water will be more valuable than gold or diamonds.

🚨U.S. Raises Threat of Steep Water Cuts in Lower Colorado River Basin - The New York Times A federal plan would impose drastic water cuts on Arizona, California and Nevada in dry years over the next decade. A legal battle could follow. By Scott Dance www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/c...

A federal plan would impose drastic water cuts on Arizona, California and Nevada in dry years over the next decade. A legal battle could follow. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/c...

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Because the tRUmp administration is so remarkably corrupt, the Colorado River water rights decision is suspect. The upper basin states (Colorado, Utah, Wyoming and New Mexico) get what they want -- they voted (mostly) for tRUmp. (1/2) www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/c...

#WaterCuts for #Arizona, #California and #Nevada proposed. #EventProfs consider, with all other needs, implications. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/c...

U.S. Raises Threat of Steep Water Cuts in Lower Colorado River Basin Just the beginning.

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Here's an article in the NYT that discusses how the affected states are handling the reduction in the flow of the Colorado River & the drying up of Lakes Mead & Powell. Just like the states, the article most avoids the reality of the situation: www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/c...

There's an old saying in the west ... Water flows toward money. Any data centers or land owned by Billionaires in these states will get served first. They will be happy to see everyone else die.

The oligarchs have decided we are expendable. Act and VOTE accordingly. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/c...

It's not just drought, but warming Winters bring more precipitation as rain that runs off and evaporates and doesn't accumulate as snow which feeds the reservoirs in Spring-Summer. Explore this gift article from The New York Times.

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we keep building chip plants and data centers both of which are high demand water. Water agreements made in the 1920s during a pluvial- poor policy decisions catching up to us #water #climatechange. U.S. Raises Threat of Steep Water Cuts in Lower Colorado River Basin www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/c...

This crisis is the direct result of climate change, which the Trump administration denies. It must be just the weather. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/c... A federal plan would impose drastic water cuts on Arizona, California and Nevada in dry years over the next decade. A legal battle could follow.

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tRump gets rid of regulations so we have drought and wildfires. He also makes it possible for red states to get all the water, leaving none for the blue. BLAME REPUBLICANS for all the losses. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/c...

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So Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, and New Mexico aren't asked to cut back on their usage? www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/c...

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🚨 A federal plan would impose drastic water cuts on Arizona, California and Nevada in dry years over the next decade. A legal battle could follow. ⏬ www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/c...

So the Trump admin’s 'solution' to the shrinking Colorado River is to slash water for 40M people in the Lower Basin, and let the courts sort out the mess. Great plan. Absolutely zero chance this backfires legally. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/c...

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