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BULLHEAD CITY – The governors of Arizona, Nevada and California announced Monday a plan to conserve 3 million acre-feet of water over the next three years "to protect the Colorado

The water cuts suggested by California, Arizona and Nevada are not as ambitious as those proposed by the federal government, but they will buy time

A spot count of homeless in the state, commissioned by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, identified about 3,850 homeless people. That's 48% more than a year earlier.

Washington DC (UPI) May 22, 2023 - The three states that make up the Colorado River Basin reached a historic new conservation deal to preserve the future of the river system, the U.S. Department of the Interior confirmed Monday.

The river's woes in recent years have forced the federal government to offer billions of dollars for farmers and cities to cut back on water.

For the first time in years all seven states in the Colorado River Basin agree on a plan to save water from their drying region and it’s enough of a consensus for federal officials to pause their own plan, which would also force cuts.

Arizona, California and Nevada will reduce intake by 3 million acre-feet (3.7 billion cubic meters) through the end of 2026, an amount equal to 13% of their river allotment, under a deal brokered and announced by the Biden administration. Those three make up the Lower Basin states of the century-old Colorado River Compact, which assigns water rights to them plus the four Upper Basin states of Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.

Seven US states that depend on the overused Colorado River on Monday reached agreement to cutconsumption and help save a river that provides drinking water for 40 million people and irrigation for some…