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Colorado River: Upper Basin states must be willing to compromise
At the end of the year, the current agreement governing water in the Colorado River will end. The agreement includes seven states. The four Upper Basin states are Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. The three Lower Basin states are Nevada, Arizona and California. In 1922, the seven states agreed to the Colorado River Compact.
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