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Signed on November 24, 1922, the Colorado River Compact is the cornerstone of a proverbial pyramid—an elaborate body of laws colloquially called the "Law of the River" that governs how human beings use water from the river system dubbed the "American Nile."
No fewer than forty million people have come to rely on the Colorado River system in modern times—a river system immersed in an unprecedented, unrelenting megadrought for more than two decades. Attempting to navigate this "new normal," policymakers are in the midst of negotiating new management rules for the river system, a process coinciding with the compact's centennial that must be completed by 2026.
Animated by this remarkable confluence of events, Cornerstone at the Confluence leverages the centennial year to reflect on the compact and broader "Law of the River" to envision the future. It is a volume inviting dialogue about how the Colorado River system's flows should be apportioned given climate change, what should be done about environmental issues such as ecosystem restoration and biodiversity protection, and how long-standing issues of water justice facing Native American communities should be addressed.
In one form or another, all these topics touch on the concept of "equity" embedded within the compact—a concept that tees up what is perhaps the foundational question confronted by Cornerstone at the Confluence: Who should have a seat at the table of Colorado River governance?
Contents
Contents
Foreword by Brad Udall
Introduction
Part I. Apportionment
1. The Colorado River Compact and Apportionment of Basin Water Uses
Lawrence J. MacDonnell and Anne J. Castle
2. Science and Apportionment: Alternative Futures for the Colorado River System
Eric Kuhn and Katharine L. Jacobs
Part II. Environment
3. Toward Environmental Amendments to the Colorado River Compact
Robert W. Adler
4. How the Colorado River Delta Might Survive the Compact
Jennifer Pitt and Osvel Hinojosa-Huerta
Part III. Native Americans
5. Searching for Equity, Sovereignty, and Homeland
Daniel McCool
6. First in Time: The Place of Tribes in Governing the
Colorado River System
Matthew McKinney, Jay Weiner, and Daryl Vigil
Part IV. Governance
7. A Pie No More? Building a More Equitable Colorado River Governance Structure
John Berggren, John Fleck, Doug Kenney, and Mariana Rivera-Torres
8. The Colorado River: The Science-Policy Interface
John C. Schmidt, Lindsey A. Bruckerhoff, Jian Wang, and Charles B. Yackulic
Appendix: Colorado River Compact
Selected Bibliography
Contributors
Index
