Sandra Postel has some interesting insights regarding the proposed Colorado River System Conservation Program:

$11 million is a drop in the bucket of what is needed to achieve meaningful conservation savings in the Colorado River Basin.  And each of the four cities has substantially more conservation they can do within their own borders.  But what is unique about this program is its “we’re in this together” approach….

By collaboratively creating an incentive for basin-wide conservation, the big four urban water users and the Bureau of Reclamation have an opportunity to bring more resilience and adaptability to the drought-stricken, overtapped Colorado River.