Depending on the plan, either California would be the most affected, or Arizona and Nevada would be parched
The federal government on Tuesday laid out options for saving the Colorado River in an effort to prevent it from falling to critically low levels and put an end to months-long negotiations between the seven western states and Indigenous nations that rely on it as a dwindling resource.
The Department of the Interior said it would either impose cuts to water allotments according to the water-rights priority system or evenly across the board.