A new report from UCLA and the Natural Resources Defense Council found nearly a quarter of Colorado River water is basically provided for free by the federal government.

By Wyatt Myskow

Colorado River water is not priced at rates that accurately reflect its scarcity, incentivizing inefficiency and overconsumption as climate change and overuse threaten the vital waterway for 40 million people and 5.5 million acres of agricultural land across the Western United States and northwestern Mexico.

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