Alex Hager
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first heard Jun 2025
last heard 11 Sep
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Officials are pushing the federal government to adopt a counterproposal that would limit those cutbacks by about half for the next two years.
Arizona, California, and Nevada are volunteering to reduce their take from the river to make the plan work.
More details about the exact size of cuts for 2027 and 2028 are expected soon.
They're likely to hit cities in the Phoenix area the hardest, and many utilities have robust backup plans to keep taps from going dry.
For NPR News, I'm Alex Hager in Phoenix.
Arizona's Democratic Senators Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly say the new plan would place an unfair burden on those states.
Governor Katie Hobbs called the steepest cuts unacceptable.
The State Department of Water Resources says they could devastate Arizona's economy.
Officials are pushing the federal government to adopt a counterproposal that would limit those cutbacks by about half for the next two years.
Arizona, California, and Nevada are volunteering to reduce their take from the river to make the plan work.
More details about the exact size of cuts for 2027 and 2028 are expected soon.
They're likely to hit cities in the Phoenix area the hardest, and many utilities have robust backup plans to keep taps from going dry.
For NPR News, I'm Alex Hager in Phoenix.
We don't know the exact size of cutbacks yet, but Arizona, Nevada, and California are probably going to lose the most water.
We expect the biggest cuts to hit the Phoenix and Tucson areas, and officials say the exact size of those cuts will probably be announced Friday.
We don't know the exact size of cutbacks yet, but Arizona, Nevada, and California are probably going to lose the most water.
We expect the biggest cuts to hit the Phoenix and Tucson areas, and officials say the exact size of those cuts will probably be announced Friday.
Those governors represent the seven states that use the shrinking Colorado River.
They're under pressure to rein in demand, but can't agree on how to share water in the future.
It appears the meeting did not break their deadlock.
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