Utah Proposes New Agency to Assert Its Colorado River Rights

摘要

Legislative leaders in Utah are proposing a new $9 million water agency to assert its claims to the Colorado River, increasing the potential for conflict with the six other states in the drought-stressed basin.A legislative committee late Thursday approved a bill (H.B. 297)-sponsored by House Speaker Brad Wilson (R) and Senate President Stuart Adams (R)-that would create the Colorado River Authority.