Stephanie Sy:
The law of the river governs how the Colorado’s waters are allocated, with most of it going to agriculture.
Farmers in Yuma have senior water rights, meaning if there were ever mandated cuts, they’d be among the last to be forced to comply. But the river is so depleted, even they are starting to worry.
Paul Brierley is the head of Arizona’s Agriculture Department.
Is there a sense that those rights are at in peril, given…
Paul Brierley, Director, Arizona Department of Agriculture: Absolutely. Yes, there’s a lot of competition, so there’s — and it’s on a lot of different levels.
