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Western States Face Water Use Cuts

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Farmer John Hawk looks over his land as his seed onion fields are watered in Holtville, Calif. For the seven states that rely on the Colorado River that carries snowmelt from the Rocky Mountains to the Gulf of California, that means a future with increasingly less water for farms and cities although climate scientists say it’s hard to predict how much less. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is expected to publish hydrology projections on Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022, that will trigger agreed-upon cuts to states that rely on the river.

(AP Photo/Reed Saxon, File)

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