Sharing Water in an Age of Shortages
The report by the Western States Water Council is titled "Agricultural/Urban/Environmental Water Sharing: Innovative Strategies for the Colorado River Basin and the West" and highlights some examples of water users collaborating in ways they have avoided in the past.
"[T]he most interesting parts of the report are the success stories of various stakeholders interviewed for the project. Among them: farmers and cities in Arizona trading surface and groundwater resources in times of scarcity; ranchers in Oregon accepting payments from environmental groups to reduce hay harvests and leave more water in stream for fish; a ditch company in New Mexico selling water shares to Audubon for bird habitat; and irrigation companies in Colorado forming a "Super Ditch" to pool their excess water and lease it to cities, rather than giving up ownership."
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