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Colorado River Indian Tribe Recall Council Members
Members of the Colorado River Indian Tribes in Parker, Arizona voted this weekend to recall Tribal Chairman Dennis Patch and council member Valerie Welsh-Tahbo....
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Arizona Utility Tries to End Multi-State Colorado River Feud
Arizona's largest water provider is trying to defuse a dispute over how it manages its share of the Colorado River, a critical but over-used waterway that serves 40 million people in the U.S. and Mexico....
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Lawsuit: Navajo coal plant must keep running till debt paid off
The Hopi Tribe and coal-miners on Tuesday filed a lawsuit that aims to force the Central Arizona Project to continue buying power from a troubled coal-fired power plant near Page....
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Big Challenges for Colorado River States That Want to Conserve Water
Lower Basin states can easily store conserved water upstream in Lake Mead, but it’s not so simple for Upper Basin states with major reservoirs below them. There are some solutions in the works, but they’re not easy or cheap....
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There's no "Sweet Spot" - What the Colorado River Needs is "Real Balance"
The real problem isn’t one water user striving to achieve a “sweet spot” in reservoir levels to maximize its own water use; it’s the failure so far of the basin states to adjust to the new hydrology. Region-wide aridity and a warming climat...