And we are struggling right now to get the Department of Interior to back up the promise that they made to get all of the basin states together. If they're not going to do it themselves, The Biden administration promised they would get [the basin states] together to plan for how to reduce their reliance on the Colorado River. So that frankly the river does not drop anymore and the reservoirs do not drop. We don't have much time and the people who need the water can't afford the cost of the desal water that we would get. (18:59–19:10)
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Asserts that the Biden administration promised to coordinate basin states to reduce reliance on the Colorado River.
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