While the Four Corners region experienced a wet winter, the Colorado River Basin has been experiencing drought for about two decades, and that is placing a burden on water resources.
The lower basin states of Arizona, Nevada and California have created a drought contingency plan while the upper basin states including New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Wyoming have a different drought contingency plan. These two plans fall under a companion agreement between the upper and lower basin states as well as federal legislation signed into law earlier this year.
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