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‘Water is our most precious resource’: alfalfa farmers asked to give up crop amid megadrought in US south-west

Agriculture – mainly alfalfa – consumes 80% of the Colorado River’s dwindling water supply, prompting calls for conservation efforts

The Guardian - US

A motorboat flips at Grand Canyon National Park and leaves 1 dead

A 67-year-old man died after a motorboat flipped over during a Colorado River trip inside Grand Canyon National Park, officials said Sunday.

WEKU

One killed and others injured in boat accident at Grand Canyon

Boat flipped at Bedrock Rapid on the Colorado River just after 2pm on Saturday

The Independent UK

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A lost world returns with a warning

America's mega-drought is revealing natural wonders unseen in decades. But their return from the watery depths heralds a deepening crisis.

ABC News

‘A land of permanent drought’: Desert golf courses in California work to cut water usage

From taking out turf to upgrading irrigation systems, golf courses are constantly focused on water.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Facing 'dead pool' risk, California braces for painful water cuts from Colorado River

LOS ANGELES — California water districts are under growing pressure to shoulder substantial water cutbacks as the federal government pushes for urgent solutions to prevent the Colorado River's badly depleted reservoirs from reaching dangerously low levels.

Los Angeles Times

As Lake Powell goes, so goes the West

As climate change dries the Colorado River Basin, the region's megacities may eventually dry up, too

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Drought threatens coal plant operations — and electricity — across the West

The Western drought and shrinking Colorado River basin threaten operations at the region's coal plants. With a looming risk of blackouts, it's unclear who is overseeing this threat on the ground.

WEKU

As water supply shrinks, California struggles to maintain aging aqueducts

SAN JACINTO, Calif. — As drought, global warming and chronic overuse push the Colorado River to perilous new lows, water officials are hoping to prevent an earthquake from severing a critical Depression-era aqueduct that now connects millions of Southern Californians to the shrinking river.

Los Angeles Times

'We needed a deal yesterday': Deadline passes without deal to save Colorado River. What now?

Trillions of gallons of water must be saved from the drying Colorado River to avoid the worst-case scenario brought on by drought, climate change and overuse, federal officials announced earlier this summer, setting a deadline for Aug. 15.

The Denver Post

Crisis looms without big cuts to over-tapped Colorado River

Dire consequences could result if states, cities and farms across the American West cannot agree on how to cut the amount of water they draw from the Colorado River

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Winners, losers in water cuts for Western states

People in Arizona and Nevada won’t face bans on watering their lawns or washing their cars despite water shortages on the Colorado River

The Independent UK

As talks on Colorado River water falter, US government imposes new restrictions

LOS ANGELES — After Colorado River Basin states failed to meet a deadline for emergency drought reductions Tuesday, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced new emergency water cuts for Arizona, Nevada and Mexico as the nation’s two largest reservoirs decline to perilously low levels.

Los Angeles Times

US government steps in over drought-savaged Colorado River with water cuts for Arizona, Nevada and Mexico

Lake Mead and Lake Powell at historic lows, with combined 28 per cent capacity

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Los Angeles Times

As talks on Colorado River water falter, US government imposes new restrictions

LOS ANGELES — After Colorado River Basin states failed to meet a deadline for emergency drought reductions, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation said it would continue to work with affected states and tribes to reach an agreement.

Axios

Unprecedented shortage forces new water cuts on Colorado River

A climate change-induced megadrought is depleting the Colorado River and its reservoirs.

WEKU

U.S. says drought-stricken Arizona and Nevada will get less water from Colorado River

U.S. officials announced Tuesday that the two states, which rely on water from the Colorado River, will face more water cuts as they endure extreme drought.

The Independent UK

Colorado River cuts expected for Arizona, Nevada and Mexico

Federal officials on Tuesday are expected to announce water cuts that would further reduce how much Colorado River water some users in the seven U.S. states reliant on the river and Mexico receive

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Los Angeles Times

Tensions grow over lack of a water deal for the shrinking Colorado River

LOS ANGELES — Two months ago, federal officials took the unprecedented step of telling the seven states that depend on Colorado River water to prepare for emergency cuts next year to prevent reservoirs from dropping to dangerously low levels.

The Independent UK

Deadline looms for drought-stricken states to cut water use

Seven states in the U.S. West are facing a deadline from the federal government to come up with a plan to use substantially less Colorado River water in 2023

Axios

Southwest stares down steep water cuts deadline with Colorado River at drought tipping point

States that rely on the river basin for water supplies have until Tuesday to outline plans or the Biden administration will step in.

Los Angeles Times

Sinema’s last-minute push on Democrats’ climate bill added $4 billion to combat Western drought

WASHINGTON — When Sen. Joe Manchin III and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer landed a surprise agreement on a health care, climate and tax bill last month, all but one Senate Democrat accepted the deal rather than risk collapse with further negotiation.

The Denver Post

The West’s most important water supply is drying up. Soon, life for 40 million people who depend on the Colorado River will change

PAGE, Ariz. — White sandstone cliffs create a ring around Lake Powell in contrast to the honey- and red-colored desert rock nearby. Evidence that water once, not all that long ago, filled America’s second-largest reservoir.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Arizona golf courses use more water than they’re supposed to. Nothing is stopping them.

A large number of Arizona golf courses have repeatedly exceeded state assigned water allotments.

Los Angeles Times

They sounded alarms about a coming Colorado River crisis. But warnings went unheeded

LOS ANGELES — The Colorado River is approaching a breaking point, its reservoirs depleted and Western states under pressure to drastically cut water use.

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