The cooperative plans calls for Nevada, Arizona and, eventually, California to voluntarily cut their river use and leave more water in Lake Mead.
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By Henry Brean ■ / RJ
The Las Vegas Valley will still be able to access its share of the water through a deep new straw in Lake Mead, but its supplies are likely to be cut as river users in seven states deal with overuse of the resource.
By Henry Brean ■ / RJ
In the seven-day series The Water Question, the Review-Journal is taking an in-depth look at how long the river can sustain us, what’s being done to protect it and the implications for our community in the uncertain decades to come.
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