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Given the spending that is now on hold was apportioned by Congress, it is likely this will face legal challenges about the scope of presidential power.

The two groups of states have presented starkly different proposals, disagreeing on how triggers for mandatory cutbacks should be determined, and how the reductions should be apportioned.

There have been persistent disagreements about how triggers for water cutbacks should be determined, and how the reductions should be apportioned.

Snowpack in the Sierra Nevada is measured with sensors and aerial images, reservoir levels are electronically logged, and the movement of water through aqueducts is apportioned based on rights and contracts.

It’s the first time in more than four decades that a Washington state politician has apportioned the federal river of money, since the late Sen. Warren Magnuson last chaired the same committee.