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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Bruce Golding

Arizona to lose a third of its Colorado River supply - and shut-off remains a threat as drought worsens

Arizona is threatening to sue the Trump administration over its plan to limit the state's access to the drought-stricken Colorado River, which supplies Phoenix — America's fifth-biggest city — with about 40 percent of its water.

Officials in the Grand Canyon State say the cutbacks are based on a misunderstanding of Arizona's water rights and faulty legal reasoning, The New York Times reported Sunday.

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