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Nevada sues to block Trump administration’s Colorado River plan
The Department of the Interior on Friday finalised its plan that included a 21% reduction in water from the river to California, Nevada and Arizona for two years starting in 2027.
The four so-called upper basin states — Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Wyoming — face no mandatory cuts under the new 10-year plan to manage the river that provides water to one in 10 Americans and generates power for 6 million people.
The lawsuit by Nevada, the Colorado River Commission of Nevada and the Southern Nevada Water Authority is the first to challenge the plan.
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