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Water shortage warning issued for 40 million people
A dangerous stretch of extreme heat sweeping across the Southwest is poised to accelerate the melt of an already depleted mountain snowpack, prompting new warnings that water shortages could threaten the 40 million people who rely on the Colorado River this summer.
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Lake Mead's water forecast just got worse
The surface of Lake Mead could sink to an unprecedented low within the next two years, as new federal forecasts warn the nation's largest reservoir could fall well below its previous record amid ongoing strain on the Colorado River system.
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Crazy or genius? A nuclear-powered solution to the West's water crisis
PAGE, Arizona ‒ In the middle of the desert sits a sign: "Caution docks may be slippery. "
They are not.
In fact, there's not a drop of water to be seen at Antelope Point Marina, which once sat near the shore of Lake Powell, the nation's second-largest reservoir.
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Lake Mead update: Warning issued as another key deadline passes
An environmental advocate has warned of profound risks to the Colorado River system after the seven basin states missed a February deadline to reach a conservation agreement.
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States reliant on Colorado River fail to meet the latest deadline to find consensus
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PHOENIX (AP) -- The seven Western states that depend on the Colorado River missed a deadline for the second time Saturday to agree on a plan addressing record drought and water shortages.
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Deadline looming for Colorado River agreement: Here's how it could affect NorCal
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Saturday, Feb. 14, is the deadline for seven western states to come to some kind of agreement over the Colorado River.
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Colorado River states miss deadline, compromise nowhere in sight
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"The seven Colorado River Basin states have failed to reach an agreement to collectively protect our respective communities and economies in the face of almost certain reductions to our use of the river," said John Entsminger, Nevada's lead negotiator and general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority.
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Lake Mead warning issued as 100-year-old water deal could be breached
Arizona water leaders warned that a 1922 agreement that divides water from the Colorado River among seven western states could be breached as soon as 2026 amid falling snowpack, declining reservoir levels and stalled negotiations over river operations, according to reported remarks from a Monday Arizona Reconsultation Committee Meeting.
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The West's water war arrives in Washington
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Interior Secretary Doug Burgum stepped into the seven-state brawl over the Colorado River on Friday -- a high-stakes battle over water supplies that poses significant political danger in Western swing states for the Trump administration.
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Western governors hold historic meeting in Washington, D.C. over management of Colorado River
Christa Swanson is a Digital Media Producer at CBS Colorado in Denver.
A historic meeting took place at the nation's capital on Friday as Colorado Gov.
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Fate of Colorado River hangs in balance as political battle brews
A boat moves around Horseshoe Bend along the Colorado River in Page, Arizona. (Joshua Lott/The Washington Post)
For a life-sustaining natural resource relied on by tens of millions of people and fought over by seven states and two countries, the fate of the Colorado River often flies under the national political radar.
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Western governors called to Washington as Colorado River impasse drags on
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With western states deadlocked in negotiations over how to cut water use along the Colorado River, the Trump administration has called in the governors of seven states to Washington to try to hash out a consensus.
