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'There's simply not enough water': Colorado River cutbacks ripple across Arizona
Up and down the Colorado River last week, the state, local and tribal leaders in charge of water supplies for more than 40 million people waited to see if the federal government would impose deeper cuts to river allocations....
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Squabbling Arizona, California hold key to Colorado River's future
Arizona and California, which have battled over the Colorado River for nearly a century, are at it again. This time, Arizona leaders are blaming California, and other states, for putting the burden of stemming the river’s impending crisis o...
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Crisis looms without big cuts to over-tapped Colorado River
Hydroelectric turbines ...
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Under federal pressure, Colorado River water managers face unprecedented call for conservation
Colorado River water managers are facing a monumental task. Federal officials have given leaders in seven Western states a new charge — to commit to an unprecedented amount of conservation and do it before an August deadline....
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A deeper water shortage on Lake Mead is hardly the worst thing we're facing
Opinion: The 2023 water shortage may be painful, but we could enact every previously agreed cut and it would not be enough to save Lake Mead. We must do more....