> Colorado River may deliver just a third of normal water supplies this spring, projections show. KKKALAFORNIA FUKT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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After a wet winter, California reservoirs are now full.  Nevada and Arizona have no reservoirs.

Sixty percent of the power from Hoover dam goes to California.

California owns the senior water rights to the Colorado River and a firm legal precedent has been set (thanks Republicans!) that once those water rights are established they are basically legal property that can’t be taken away.

“ Key Aspects of California’s Colorado River Water Rights:

Primary Allocation: California is entitled to 4.4 million acre-feet (maf) annually, but has used slightly less recently (3.76 maf in 2025).

Priority Rights: California possesses "present perfected rights" (most senior) for 2.6 maf…

https://www.americanrivers.org/river/colorado-river-2/
Colorado River in California but not Texas

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_River_(Texas)
Colorado River in Texas but not California

I feel like most people dont know there are 2 separate rivers with that name

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The Colorado River Compact expires December 31st.  Then the (Trump) Bureau of Reclaimation makes the new rules.

Fortunately for CA, the GOP has ensured that water rights are inalienable so once the Compact ends water will again be allocated strictly by seniority.

The GOP did this to protect big ag, so now nobody else gets a fuqing drop until CA gets their senior share, at which point (if there is any left) the next most senior gets their share, etc.

What’s funny is that CA has been willing to compromise in the negotiations (and in fact hasn’t been taking as much water as it was entitled to) while it’s the dipshyts with the inferior water rights like Utah and Arizona that refuse to budge.

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