The Associated Press reports that this week, mayors from 10 states along the Mississippi River are expected to vote on whether to support a new compact that would block water export from the river corridor. While the export of water from the water-rich Mississippi River Basin to states in the arid West has always been impractical, officials worry that the idea hasn’t gone away. A compact would protect the river’s water levels and ecology and resolve conflict among the river states, officials say.
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