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ʻO nā kūlana maloʻo koʻikoʻi ma Colorado River Basin ua hoʻoikaika i ka hoʻokele Biden e noi i nā hana e hōʻemi nui ai i nā lako wai ma ʻehiku mau mokuʻāina komohana, e hoʻopilikia ana ma luna o 40 miliona ʻAmelika a koʻikoʻi no nā ʻoihana o ke komohana. Ua hoʻopuka ke Keʻena Kalaiaina i kahi manaʻo kikoʻī e hōʻike ana i ʻelua mau hana kūpono e komo pū ana me ka hoʻemi ʻana i nā lako i kauoha ʻia e federally no nā mokuʻāina e hilinaʻi ana i ka ʻōnaehana muliwai, me kahi koho ʻekolu o ka mālama ʻana i ke kūlana quo. ʻO nā hana i manaʻo ʻia e pili ana i ka hōʻemi ʻana o ka lako ma muli o ka nui o ka emi ʻana o ke kiʻekiʻe o Lake Mead, me ka hiki i ke aupuni federal ke ʻoki i nā lako a hiki i ʻelua miliona ʻeka-kapuai.
ʻO ka hana mua i manaʻo ʻia e ka DOI e hoʻopōmaikaʻi i ka ʻoihana mahiʻai ma Kaleponi akā hoʻopilikia maikaʻi ʻole i nā mea kuleana wai ʻōpio ma Arizona. ʻO ka manaʻo ʻelua e hopena i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka wai ma nā mokuʻāina ʻo Lower Basin me ka nānā ʻole ʻana i ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe, e alakaʻi ana i ka liʻiliʻi o ka wai no ka poʻe mahiʻai ma Kaleponi e hāʻawi ana i ka US me ka hapa nui o nā mea kanu a me nā huaʻai o ka lāhui. ʻAʻole ʻo ka hemahema he koho, wahi a ka Hope Kakauolelo ʻo DOI ʻo Tommy Beaudreau, ʻoiai ke alakaʻi nei ʻo Biden-Harris e lawe mai i nā mea hana a me nā kumuwaiwai āpau e mālama ai i ka palekana a me ka hoʻomau o ka Colorado River System.
Hāʻawi ka muliwai ʻo Colorado i nā kumuwaiwai wai i ʻehiku mokuʻāina i māhele ʻia i ʻelua pūʻulu: ʻo ka Upper Basin a me Lower Basin. ʻOiai ʻo nā mokuʻāina ʻo Upper Basin ka nui o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka wai mai nā muliwai liʻiliʻi e kū ana ma waho o ka muliwai ʻo Colorado, ʻo nā mokuʻāina ʻo Lower Basin ka nui o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka wai i loko o Lake Powell a me Lake Mead. Pono nā hana i manaʻo ʻia e pale aku i ka emi ʻana o ka wai o ke kahawai ʻo Colorado River Basin, me ka hāʻule ʻana o ka pae o Lake Powell ma kahi o 3,520 kapuaʻi a me ka pae o Lake Mead i 1,046 kapuaʻi, e like me nā helu federal. ʻO ka ʻoki ʻana i ka wai i manaʻo ʻia he hoʻomohala koʻikoʻi me nā hopena lōʻihi no ka ʻoihana mahiʻai a me ka hoʻokele waiwai, ʻoi aku ma nā mokuʻāina i hoʻopilikia ʻia.