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Uwa Ede-Osifo

Arizona joins Nevada to fight proposed cuts to their shares of Colorado River

River in a canyon seen from above.
Water flows from the Glen Canyon Dam down the Colorado River on 8 June in Page, Arizona. Photograph: George Frey/Getty Images

Arizona has joined Nevada in its legal battle against the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to their shares of the shrinking Colorado River.

The move comes after the interior department announced restrictions this summer that could slash the water supplied to lower basin states – Arizona, California and Nevada – over the next two years depending on the river’s condition.

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