This week in history: Possible Moffat Tunnel sale, Colorado River deadline missed and more
1 year ago: Western states fail to meet deadline on Colorado River cuts. Water managers from the seven states that share the Colorado River have blown a Nov. 11, 2025, deadline given to them by the federal government to come up with a rough plan on how the drought-stricken river will be shared in the future. The Upper Basin (Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming) still cannot find agreement with the Lower Basin (California, Arizona and Nevada) about how the nation’s two largest reservoirs — Lake Powell and Lake Mead — will be operated and how cuts will be shared in dry years. Instead, the states, the Interior Department and the federal Bureau of Reclamation released a short joint statement noting that serious and ongoing challenges face the Colorado River.
