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1
Q

What does the Helsinki water law mean?

A

Equitable use across the basin and who has used it first, can’t lose it

2
Q

What does the Salzbuirg water law mean?

A

Can’t pollute downstream countries

3
Q

What are some Upper basin states?

A

Colorado, Wyoming, Utah

4
Q

What are some Lower basin states?

A

Arazon, Nevada, CA, and Mexico

5
Q

Who are the Key stakeholders?

A

Farmers, City dwellers, Indigenous, Mexicans and US-federal government

6
Q

Where is it proposed Las Vegas get’s 90% of it’s water from?

A

Lake Mead

7
Q

What does Arizona and Nevada do with a Water Partnership?

A

Arizona stores excess water in aquifers and Nevada can use quickly

8
Q

How can they change the culture of the west?

A

Xerophytic landscaping

9
Q

What is 80% of Water used for in Colorado?

A

Farming

10
Q

What 3 states need river water to keep growing food?

A

New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming

11
Q

What water source is emptying?

A

Ogallala

12
Q

What percentage of water is for the Indigenous people by law?

A

5%

13
Q

Which river doesn’t reach the sea anymore?

A

Colorado

14
Q

What has the Colorado delta become?

A

Huge barren mudflat

15
Q

Who has been forced to leave in Mexico?

A

Cucucpa fishermen

16
Q

What benefit does Mexico have from groundwater leaking?

A

The water leaks into aquifers underground in Mexico

17
Q

What does the Helsinki rules mean by ‘prior use’

A

you can’t make a change that would disrupt their flow whether other countries are upstream or downstream

18
Q

What does the US government want to do to the canal?

A

Line it with concrete and stop seepage that Mexico depends on

19
Q

What year is the data for the Colorado compact based on?

A

1922

20
Q

When was the last time the Compact was at full capacity?

A

1999