What are Utah and other upper Colorado river basin states prepared to sacrifice given the call for basin wide cuts of 2 to 4 million acre feet? Sure. So that The announcement today will have some serious impacts, especially on the lower basin states who have over-allocated their proportion of the water. Many of the upper basin states, including Utah, we're under our allocation. But that doesn't matter that much when there isn't enough water to go around. (03:54–04:04)
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