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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