The Biden administration on Tuesday published its environmental review of operations at the Colorado River's major reservoirs, laying out the painful choices facing the American West after a two-decade drought and chronic overuse have left crucial lakes — the water supply for tens of millions of people — dangerously diminished. The choices include prioritizing California farming regions while losing a large part of the water supply for Phoenix and Los Angeles; equally distributing cuts among states; or doing nothing as climate change pushes reservoirs lower. |
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