California Water Plan Sets Up Colorado River Conflict (Correct)

California proposed its own plan for Colorado River cuts late Tuesday, setting up a possible conflict with the river basin’s six other states a day after they submitted a consensus plan for water conservation amid the West’s 23-year drought.

The California plan increases water cutbacks from Lake Mead if reservoir elevations decline and aims to prioritize water supplies for human health and safety. It says the six-states proposal violates the law of the Colorado River.

The state said it attempted to work with the six upstream states on a solution to the water shortage, but they couldn’t ...