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Colorado River Basin Map

KUER 90.1 | By Judy Fahys
Published May 3, 2015 at 8:00 AM MDT
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The Colorado River Basin was divided into the Upper and Lower basins in the Colorado River Compact of 1922. Utah is part of the Upper Basin, along with Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico. The Lower Basin includes Arizona, Nevada and California. For decades, lower-basin states have been making use of Colorado River water that upper-basin states aren't capturing.

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Judy Fahys
Judy Fahys has reported in Utah for two decades, covering politics, government and business before taking on environmental issues. She loves covering Utah, where petroleum-pipeline spills, the nation’s radioactive legacy and other types of pollution provide endless fodder for stories. Previously, she worked for the Salt Lake Tribune in Utah, and reported on the nation’s capital for States News Service and the Scripps League newspaper chain. She is a longtime member of the Society of Environmental Journalists and Investigative Reporters and Editors. She also spent an academic year as a research fellow in the Knight Science Journalism program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In her spare time, she enjoys being out in the environment, especially hiking, gardening and watercolor painting.
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