Bloomberg Law
Aug. 16, 2022, 5:03 PM UTCUpdated: Aug. 16, 2022, 6:36 PM UTC

Drought Punishes West Anew as US Cuts Colorado River Water (3)

Bobby Magill
Bobby Magill
Reporter

A second round of drastic water cuts from the Colorado River is set to hit Arizona, Nevada, and Mexico as climate change-driven drought deepens the water shortage in the Southwest, the Interior Department announced Tuesday.

The Bureau of Reclamation called for all seven Colorado River Basin states to conserve water over the next four years and said it will withhold 21% of Arizona’s annual allocation of Colorado River water in 2023 as the first-ever water shortage in the Colorado River Basin continues for another year, the agency said.

The response from Arizona, which is taking the brunt of the ...

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