Water cuts loom as US unveils long-awaited response to Colorado river crisis

The Guardian reports that the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has released its long-awaited response to the Colorado River crisis. The plan requires water supply cuts for California, Arizona, and Nevada, while sparing Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Wyoming from mandatory cuts — for now. But it is temporary; states that depend on the river continue fighting over how to permanently manage this critical resource that sustains vast regions of the American West.

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