Drought-stricken Arizona to get less Colorado River water

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For the second year in a row, Arizona and Nevada will face cuts in the amount of water they can draw from the Colorado River as the West endures an extreme drought.

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TOPSHOT - A"bathtub ring" is visible at sunset during low water levels the Lake Mead reservoir due to the western drought on July 19, 2021 as seen from the Hoover Dam on the Colorado River at the Nevada and Arizona state border. - The Lake Mead rese

 

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Not going to get better.💔

Arizona should consider moving. Nevadafornia can stay though

A California keeps watering grass, golf courses, & ?

They will eventually have to move people out of these states it’s not sustainable to build in a desert that has no water! California will also need to cut its population in half!

Maybe time to stop building homes/businesses/cities in the desert?

Meanwhile, CA Governor HAS NOT authorized a desalination plant!

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