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As Colorado River Basin states confront water shortages, it's time to focus on reducing demand

  • Written by Robert Glennon, Regents Professor and Morris K. Udall Professor of Law & Public Policy, University of Arizona
imageWater flows into a canal that feeds farms in Casa Grande, Ariz.AP Photo/Darryl Webb

The U.S. government announced its first-ever water shortage declaration for the Colorado River on Aug. 16, 2021, triggering future cuts in the amount of water states will be allowed to draw from the river. The Tier 1 shortage declaration followed the U.S. Bureau of...

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