The water dispute between states is heating up after California could not come to an agreement with six other Colorado River Basin states about how to cut down on water needed from the Colorado River. He says the federal government gave Colorado Basin states a January 31st deadline to come up with a plan to reduce water usage by 3-to-4-million acre feet per year. "It may not make sense prospectively in an era of climate change to continue to grow cotton and alfalfa very thirsty crops in the desert," Frank said