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The Colorado River Anna Y. Bickenbach Humboldt Universität, M.Sc. INRM: Soil & Water Protection Winter 08/09

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The US retains 95 percent of the Colorado River's water and Mexico gets what's left over. Most years this is about 1.5 million acre feet, roughly the same amount that Sonoran desert farmers were using to irrigate their bean and onion fields in 1922.

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Water Management History ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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Recent Development: Colorado River Management Strategy 2007 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Thank you! Useful Webpages US Department of the Interior http://www.usbr.gov/lc/region/g1000/lawofrvr.html Salinity Control Program http://www.usbr.gov/dataweb/html/crwq.html Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_River

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