Finding solutions for shortages on Colorado River This post, written by Lynn Lipinski, first appeared in SOURCE Magazine and is reprinted here with permission. Amid nearly two decades of drought on the Colorado River, seven states that rely on its water signed an historic agreement to use less voluntarily to prevent the federal government from imposing mandatory cutbacks. The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation pushed the states and impacted water agencies to forge a voluntary agreement to … Continue reading PERSPECTIVES: The SOURCE Interview with Brenda Burman, Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner