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Here's a look at a landmark drought deal involving California.

After a year of intense negotiations, the states along the Colorado River have reached a deal to solve one of the most complex water crises in U.S. history. The solution to this byzantine conundrum is deceptive in its simplicity: pay farmers — who collectively use 80 percent of Colorado River deliveries — to give up their water.

Their constituents would directly benefit from the Inflation Reduction Acts deal to save their water, but no.

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 proposal put forward by Arizona, California and Nevada would temporarily cut use of Colorado River water in exchange for $1.2 billion in payments from

Here's a look at a landmark drought deal involving California.

Here's a look at a landmark drought deal involving California.

Utah and six other Colorado River Basin states are offering a plan that could reduce river consumption by 3 million acre-feet over the next three years.

Here's a look at a landmark drought deal involving California.

LAS VEGAS — Arizona, Nevada and California said Monday they’re willing to cut back on their use of the dwindling Colorado River in exchange for money from the federal government — and to avoid forced cuts as drought threatens the key water supply for the U.S. West.