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First ever federal water cuts ordered for Southwest states amid Colorado River drought

David Matthews, New York Daily News (TNS)
Posted 8/16/21

As climate change continues to exacerbate a drought in the Colorado River, the Department of the Interior has declared a shortage that will lead to the first-ever federally mandated cuts of the …

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