Southern California Officials Ok Colorado River Drought Plan

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Tue, 12/11/2018 - 6:23pm

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Southern California's largest water wholesaler has approved a drought contingency plan that it hopes will help ensure the drought-stressed Colorado River will supply the Southwest for a decade. General Manager Jeffrey Kightlinger says Tuesday's approval adds the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California to water agencies in Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming that have approved plans to take less water from key river reservoirs, including lakes Mead and Powell. Arizona, several water agencies and Congress still must approve the reserve plan, which Kightlinger calls a tourniquet that will buy time to deal with predicted shortages.Read more on NewsOK.com

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