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California released a plan Tuesday detailing how Western states reliant on the Colorado River should save more water. It came a day after the six other states in the river basin made a competing proposal.
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Six out of the seven western states that depend on the Colorado River have submitted a plan to cut usage. Federal officials had set a Tuesday deadline amid historically low levels in reservoirs.
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Federal wildlife officials say the population of an endangered fish in the Upper Colorado River received a major boost last year.
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Crews at Glen Canyon Dam have completed a new water intake connection to accommodate record-low levels at Lake Powell.
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Living with less water in the U.S. Southwest is the focus this week for a conference in Las Vegas about the drought-stricken and overpromised Colorado River.
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Officials say the reduced flows come from a request from Bullhead City and Laughlin. It’s part of an ongoing caddisfly abatement study being conducted to combat the species.
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The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation says it’ll start holding back hundreds of thousands of acre-feet of water in Lake Powell this month to combat prolonged drought that’s caused some of the lowest levels ever seen in the reservoir.
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The lawsuit filed in federal court in Arizona asks that the state be allowed to take unilateral action it believes necessary to protect its residents.
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Seven states in the U.S. West — including Arizona — are facing a deadline from the federal government to come up with a plan to use substantially less Colorado River water in 2023.
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The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation would receive $4 billion in drought funding from the Inflation Reduction Act that was recently passed by the U-S Senate.