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A coalition of environmental and water advocacy organizations have filed a legal petition urging the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to stop waste of Colorado River water by users in California, Nevada, and Arizona. The petition, submitted by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the UCLA Frank G. Wells Environmental Law Clinic, with support from Waterkeepers and local groups, calls on the Bureau to use its legal authority to ensure water deliveries to Colorado River Lower Basin users are “reasonably required for beneficial uses” and are not delivered for uses that are “unreasonable”.
Under existing federal law, the Bureau of Reclamation is required to prevent unreasonable uses of water from the Colorado River. The petition demands that the agency enforce this responsibility and cease deliveries for uses that do not meet this standard. …
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