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Chuck Bryant

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Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

That's right.

Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

If you live in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, or California, this one's for you.

Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

There's one person out there that's like, oh, my God, guys, finally.

Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

That's right.

Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

And by the way, I remembered halfway through your opening salvo that this was a listener suggestion.

Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

So I looked it up real quick.

Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

And this is from George Baumchen.

Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

Thanks a lot, George.

Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

This is a good idea.

Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

Yeah, I agree.

Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

So I bet George lives in one of those states.

Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

But like you said, the Colorado River, very important.

Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

It provides, I think Julia helped us with this, and it supports roughly 10% of Americans living

Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

And one point four trillion dollars economically.

Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

So it is a very, very important river system that starts there in the Rocky Mountains and then flows generally southwest.

Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

And there are all sorts of tributaries and things that feed into it.

Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

As we'll see, that has become a bone of contention here and there, but a lot of it is their bones of contention because this river compact that they forged in 1922 to say, hey, how are we going to divide this water up?

Stuff You Should Know
The Colorado River Compact

Everybody wants to use this stuff.

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