{"id":90915,"date":"2026-07-27T01:40:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T01:40:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/colorado-river-reservoirs-hit-record-lows-as-trump-administration-threatens-major-cuts\/"},"modified":"2026-07-27T01:40:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T01:40:51","slug":"colorado-river-reservoirs-hit-record-lows-as-trump-administration-threatens-major-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/colorado-river-reservoirs-hit-record-lows-as-trump-administration-threatens-major-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado River reservoirs hit record lows as Trump administration threatens major cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A deepening water crisis in the Western United States has reached an impasse as disagreement among affected states is grinding progress to a halt, and the well of potential solutions is close to running dry.<\/p>\n<p>The nation&#8217;s two largest reservoirs \u2014 <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/lake-mead-water-level-historic-low-drought-heres-what-that-means\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Lake Mead<\/a><\/span> and Lake Powell on the Colorado River \u2014 have fallen to their lowest levels on record. It&#8217;s a moment of reckoning in the drought-stricken West as seven states can&#8217;t agree on how to share the rapidly shrinking water supply.<\/p>\n<p>The <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/colorado-river-crisis-could-force-drastic-water-measures-across-west\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Colorado River<\/a><\/span> is a lifeline for the region, and it&#8217;s the line dividing the upper basin states, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico, and the lower basin states, California, Arizona and Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly Shannon McNeill, the managing director of LA Waterkeeper, an organization that serves as a water watchdog, told CBS News that California and other lower basin states have cut use of the Colorado River by nearly 20% since 2015. But the upper basin states &#8220;have gone in the opposite direction,&#8221; McNeill said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the last year alone, they&#8217;ve increased their use over the same period and say they can&#8217;t afford cuts. And so this is really, you know, it&#8217;s about political will,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/26\/bc4b8b14-5a69-452a-be05-2bd4155b6a88\/thumbnail\/620x413\/0bade40493297c68bbe94fe4c4e7c1df\/gettyimages-2274071477.jpg#\" alt=\"Low snowpack in Colorado River Basin adds to drought \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/26\/bc4b8b14-5a69-452a-be05-2bd4155b6a88\/thumbnail\/620x413\/0bade40493297c68bbe94fe4c4e7c1df\/gettyimages-2274071477.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/26\/bc4b8b14-5a69-452a-be05-2bd4155b6a88\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/7707170866314934bd319a5547ba2337\/gettyimages-2274071477.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">FILE &#8211; A record-low snowpack across the Colorado River Basin is intensifying concerns at Lake Powell, where water levels remain low near Page, Arizona.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                RJ Sangosti\/MediaNews Group\/The Denver Post via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After years of failed negotiations between the states, the Trump administration is now poised to impose sweeping cuts.<\/p>\n<p>California, Arizona and Nevada have offered to cut their use by about 1.6 million acre-feet, or roughly 500 billion gallons, a year for the next two years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, federal officials who control the water flow are considering cuts nearly twice that amount. The major cuts would likely mean higher costs for cities trying to secure water, tighter restrictions on outdoor water and significant changes for farmers who use the majority of the river&#8217;s supply.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I would urge those people living in those states to contact their elected representatives and their negotiators at the table, and really urge them to come to the table &#8230; and come up with some sort of agreement,&#8221; McNeill said.<\/p>\n<p>Water in the Colorado River begins as snow in the Rocky Mountains, but a warming climate has led to less snowpack and less snowmelt feeding the river each spring. Population growth in the region has also amplified the crisis.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/26\/a2572d61-13a6-4ccf-b822-17477d7f09a8\/thumbnail\/620x476\/0ec96fdd9eee38b53c2eac7f61da0a62\/gettyimages-2287660591.jpg#\" alt=\"Lake Mead And Lake Powell Fall To Historically Low Combined Water Level \" height=\"476\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/26\/a2572d61-13a6-4ccf-b822-17477d7f09a8\/thumbnail\/620x476\/0ec96fdd9eee38b53c2eac7f61da0a62\/gettyimages-2287660591.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/07\/26\/a2572d61-13a6-4ccf-b822-17477d7f09a8\/thumbnail\/1240x952\/5bc9801ddb2420c038bd9f2225507aee\/gettyimages-2287660591.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption 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