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With no drought contingency plan approved, official turns to governors
With another deadline missed Monday, the head of the Bureau of Reclamation is now looking for the governors in the states in the Colorado River basin to tell her what they think she should do to keep water levels from dropping even lower....
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Will Arizona Blow Another Deadline for the Colorado River Drought Plan?
All is normal in the ever-fluid world of Southwest water politics: Arizona is poised to miss another federal deadline for finishing its Colorado River drought plan, and the potential consequences are clear as mud....
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SRP releases water into normally dry Salt River as reservoirs fill from snow melt
Salt River Project began releasing water from two reservoirs on the Verde River in recent days, sending water flowing into the normally dry Salt River bed in the Phoenix area....
Plan to Protect Colorado River Still Isn't Done. Now What?
Another federal deadline passed Monday for seven states in the U.S. West to wrap up work on a plan to ensure the drought-stricken Colorado River can deliver water to the 40 million people and farms that depend on it....
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Feds say Salton Sea won't be adversely impacted by multi-state drought plan; IID can join when it chooses
Days after Imperial Irrigation District officials said there had been a breakthrough in their negotiations with federal officials to commit to the restoration of the Salton Sea in a mammoth Colorado River drought plan, a top federal officia...