Bloomberg Law
December 13, 2018, 11:00 PM UTCUpdated: December 14, 2018, 12:39 AM UTC

Arizona, California Race to Meet Drought Deal Deadline (1)

Brenna Goth
Brenna Goth
Staff Correspondent

Water agencies in Arizona and California are the targets of a new warning from the Interior Department: Protect the Colorado River basin from drought, or the federal government will.

The two states are the holdouts in a seven-state agreement that recognizes water users are taking more from the Colorado River than nature can replenish. New guidelines aim to save more water in river reservoirs while addressing how supply cuts will play out during increasingly likely water shortages.

Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman set a new deadline Dec. 13 for the states to finish work on the agreements, called ...

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