Compromise Between Rivers In Colorado

This is about a compromise between farmers, and the government.
The farmers say that they need the water for their crops, as it is one of the only places growing lettuce in the winter, and the government says they need a way to recycle the water as so the river does not run dry.
I think that if the water was moved closer to the river, than it could run through the crops, instead of the water flowing in and then staying there. so then the river could run again.
I think this would make it so both sides can win and their can be a nice, flowing, Colorado River.