VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-08-24
“By this September or October, there’s going to be a pretty compelling argument from the lower basin that the upper basin hasn’t met its delivery obligation,”
Rhett Larson · said date not stated · reported 2026-08-24
Larson predicted that lower basin states would argue the upper basin failed to meet its delivery obligations under the Colorado River compact.
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