""The Colorado River is essential to our communities and economies, and our states have conserved large volumes of water in recent years to stabilize the basin's water supplies for years to come," the governors said. "Our stance remains firm and fair: all seven basin states must share in the responsibility of conservation.""
""If we don't address this problem together -- head-on and fast -- our communities, farms, and economies will suffer. The best path forward is the one we take together. Litigation won't solve the problem of this long-term aridification," Hickenlooper said in a statement."
""The actions we have taken over the past two-plus decades are less about raising Lake Mead's elevation than they are about protecting ourselves if things go from bad to worse," Entsminger said in a statement."
Seven Western states that rely on the Colorado River missed a second deadline to reach a plan addressing record drought and looming water shortages. Arizona, California and Nevada urged Upper Basin states—Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming—to offer additional conservation concessions. The three lower-basin states proposed allocation reductions of 27%, 10% and 17%, respectively. Colorado Sen. John Hickenlooper described basin conditions as dire and warned that litigation will not solve long-term aridification. Southern Nevada Water Authority general manager John Entsminger said recent measures aim to protect communities if conditions worsen. The states previously missed a November Bureau of Reclamation deadline.
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