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Upper Basin states

farmers, Colorado River, Lake Mead, Lake Powell, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Arizona, farmers, agriculture, drought
Mar 13, 2023

Paid not to farm? Expanded Colorado River program divides farm community

With water levels in Lake Powell and Lake Mead at record lows, federal officials are ready to spend tens of millions of dollars to get farmers and other water users to conserve this year and keep the reservoirs from falling farther.

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