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Congressional Research Service: 'Management of the Colorado River - Water Allocations, Drought & Federal Role' (Part 2 of 2)
February 20, 2023
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R45546) on Feb. 6, 2023, entitled "Management of the Colorado River: Water Allocations, Drought and the Federal Role:"

(Continued from Part 1 of 2)

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Drought and the Supply/Demand Imbalance

The Colorado River Compact was based on the assumption (formed by the available record at the time) that average annual flows on the river were 16.4 MAF . . .

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