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The halt in new construction will affect Buckeye and Queen Creek.

With the Colorado River in near crisis, and talks on water use gridlocked, Arizona, California, and Nevada recently agreed to cut use. Their proposal shows progress, but has limits.

A new podcast, Thirst Gap, explores what it means to live with less water.

It was a consequential event when the federal government recently announced it would deal with the overappropriation of water by the Lower Colorado River Basin states (California, Nevada and Arizona)

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Arizona, California and Nevada have narrowly averted a regional water crisis by agreeing to reduce their use of Colorado River water.

Lower Colorado River Basin states plan to collectively – and temporarily – cut their water use by 3 million acre-feet by the end of 2026.

Concerns about water, whether too much, too little, or too dirty, will increasingly impact land use and development in the years and decades ahead.

Seven US states that depend on the Colorado River agreed to reduce consumption and conserve the waterway, under an agreement brokered by the Biden administration

Lower Colorado River Basin states plan to collectively – and temporarily – cut their water use by 3 million acre-feet by the end of 2026.