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Feds Propose River Cuts for Arizona California Nevada | Reno News
The feds are rolling out a major new proposal for the Colorado River, threatening significant water cuts for Arizona, California, and Nevada to avoid catastrophe—while states like Colorado and Utah get temporary relief. This isn’t a fix, it’s a stopgap as climate change and decades of overuse drain the river to historic lows. Lower Basin states face soaring prices, groundwater dependence, farm losses, and new conservation rules—all while federal managers plan every two years for the next decade. With 40 million people, tribal nations, agriculture, and hydropower relying on this shrinking…
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