The crisis along the Colorado River is coming to a head as seven state negotiators fail to deliver an agreement on how to manage it over the next 20 years.

But the river system can’t wait, and common-sense solutions that states can implement in the interim are being ignored, a coalition of nongovernmental organizations argues in a report released Wednesday. The report, titled “There’s No Water Available” and released on what officials consider the first day of the new water year, outlines nine recommendations to avoid collapse. ×

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