LAS VEGAS ( FOX5 ) — A critical deadline looms for Nevada and other states to come to a new agreement on Colorado River usage and conservation.

By November, the Department of Interior wants an agreement in place between the Lower Basin states of Nevada, California and Arizona, and Upper Basin states of Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, and New Mexico.

The current agreement that was created in 2007 expires at the end of 2026. The DOI wants an agreement as soon as possible to conduct necessary environmental studies and other critical research.

Right now, there’s an impasse among member states. A spokesperson for the Southern Nevada Water Authority tells FOX5, conversations continue towards a resolution.

Nevada, California and Arizona have submitted a plan called the “supply-driven concept”: wat

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