Tens of millions of people — and millions of acres of farmland — rely on the Colorado River’s water. But as its supply shrinks, these farmers get more water from the river than entire states.
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By Brittney J. Miller Cedar Rapids Gazette
Amid a major drought in the Western U.S., a proposed solution comes up repeatedly: large-scale river diversions, including pumping Mississippi River water to parched states.
By Kathleen Ronayne and Felicia Fonseca The Associated Press
Competing priorities and outsized demands stymied a deal last summer on how to drastically reduce water use from the parched Colorado River.
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