LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A deadline arrives Tuesday for states that rely on water from the Colorado River: Reach an agreement on a plan to manage the river, or the federal government will put its own plan in place.

Nevada, Arizona and California — the Lower Colorado River Basin states — have been working behind closed doors right up to the deadline to find some sort of compromise with Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming — the Upper Basin states. And there were major problems with the federal plan that was on the table as the Biden administration handed the task to the Trump administration.

The continuing rift between the upper and lower basin states has simmered for years, each group condemning the other's actions as water supplies have tightened and urban growth has continued. The Upper Ba

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