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Mummunan yanayin fari a cikin Kogin Colorado ya sa gwamnatin Biden ta ba da shawarar ayyukan da za su rage yawan samar da ruwa a jihohin yamma guda bakwai, wanda ya shafi Amurkawa sama da miliyan 40 da mahimmanci ga tattalin arzikin jihohin yamma. Ma'aikatar harkokin cikin gida ta fitar da wani daftarin tsari wanda ke bayyana wasu ayyuka guda biyu da suka hada da rage wadatar kayayyaki da gwamnatin tarayya ta yi wa jihohin da suka dogara da tsarin kogin, tare da zabi na uku na kiyaye matsayin da ake ciki. Ayyukan da aka tsara za su haifar da raguwar samar da kayayyaki a hankali dangane da yadda matakin Lake Mead ke raguwa, tare da gwamnatin tarayya za ta iya yanke kayayyaki har zuwa ƙafa miliyan biyu.
Matakin farko da DOI ya gabatar zai amfanar da masana'antar noma a California amma ba ta dace ba yana tasiri ga ƙananan masu haƙƙin ruwa a Arizona. Shawara ta biyu za ta haifar da ko da raguwar samar da ruwan sha a cikin jihohin Lower Basin ba tare da la'akari da girman girma ba, wanda zai haifar da ƙarancin ruwa ga manoma a California wanda ke ba wa Amurka kaso mai yawa na kayan lambu da 'ya'yan itatuwa na ƙasar. Rashin gazawa ba zaɓi ba ne, in ji Mataimakin Sakatare na DOI Tommy Beaudreau, kamar yadda gwamnatin Biden-Harris ke kawo kowane kayan aiki da albarkatu don kare kwanciyar hankali da dorewar Tsarin Kogin Colorado.
Kogin Colorado yana samar da albarkatun ruwa ga jihohi bakwai da aka kasu kashi biyu: Babban Basin da Ƙananan Basin. Yayin da jihohin Upper Basin suka fi samun ruwa daga ƙananan koguna waɗanda ke reshen Kogin Colorado, jihohin Lower Basin sun fi samun ruwa a cikin tafkin Powell da Lake Mead. Ayyukan da aka tsara sun zama dole don magance tabarbarewar matakan ruwa na Kogin Colorado, tare da matakin Lake Powell ya ragu zuwa kusan ƙafa 3,520 da matakin Lake Mead zuwa ƙafa 1,046, bisa ga kididdigar tarayya. Matakin yanke samar da ruwan sha zai zama wani gagarumin ci gaba tare da sakamako mai yawa ga masana'antar noma da tattalin arziki, musamman a jihohin da abin ya shafa.