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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.

The two sides disagree on how triggers for mandatory cutbacks should be determined, and how the reductions should be apportioned between the lower basin and the upper basin.

Lights in ruby and other jewel tones cast menacing shadows across elegantly apportioned rooms that feel alive.