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Sens. Kyrsten Sinema and Mark Kelly upbeat about water solutions for the Southwest, even after crucial deadline was missed
Both of Arizona’s U.S. senators, in different ways, are projecting optimism about the state’s long-term water security even after a week in which California could not join other Southwestern states on a plan for sharp cuts to preserve the r...
Sen. Sinema tells cities to work together to secure federal drought relief money
Right now, the seven states that rely on the Colorado River are trying to reach an agreement. This week, six states including Arizona, sent a proposal to reduce their allotment of Colorado River water to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. ...
'Dead pool' approaches: Western water crisis looms as California complicates critical water deal
A water crisis is looming in the West as seven states struggle to agree on how to divide water from the mighty Colorado River....
California floated cutting major Southwest cities off Colorado River water before touching its agriculture supply, sources say
In a closed-door negotiation last week ...
Arizona, other states propose Colorado River cuts; California pushes back
Federal officials said they will consider a plan by Arizona and five other Colorado River basin states on how to further cut water consumption, even though the biggest user in the basin – California – has not signed off on it....