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Hey, and welcome to the podcast. I'm Josh, and there's Chuck, and Jerry's here too, and we're just a few river rats hanging out, thinking about rivers and such.

That's right. If you live in Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Nevada,

New Mexico, Arizona, or California, this one's, this one's for you. Or if you're interested in water

supply, this one's for you as well. If you like really difficult interstate treaties, I think you'll like this one as well.

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

So yes, we're talking about the Colorado River. We're talking about the compact of water sharing among those states, the basin states they call them, which is a pretty cool name, of sharing the water that comes out of the Colorado River, which is about almost a 1500 mile long river that winds through the southwestern U.S. all the way into Mexico.

And it helps feed all of those states, most of which should not have the populations that they have and wouldn't otherwise were it not for their ability to tap into the water from the Colorado?

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