U.S. states agree on plan to manage overtaxed Colorado River

Denver • Seven U.S. states in the Southwest that depend on the overtaxed Colorado River have reached tentative agreements on how to manage the waterway amid an unprecedented drought, officials said Tuesday.The announcement was a long-awaited step toward preserving the river, which supports 40 million people and 6,300 square miles (16,300 square kilometers) of farmland in the U.S. and Mexico."We have, after many years of discussion and negotiation, a real milestone," said James Eklund, a wat