Trump administration to announce rules for how states will share the Colorado River

NPR | By Alex Hager

Published July 26, 2026 at 8:25 AM EDT

This week the federal government is to release new rules for how much water each of the seven states that share the Colorado River will get. Effects on the ecosystem were largely left unconsidered.

Alex Hager

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