Those responsible for divvying up the Colorado River’s dwindling supply are warning that unprecedented shortages could be coming to farms and cities in the West.
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The looming crisis has energized this annual gathering of water bureaucrats, the occasional cowboy hat visible among the standing-room-only crowd inside Caesars Palace. It’s the first time the conference has sold out, organizers said, and the specter of mass shortages looms as state water managers, tribes and the federal government meet to hash out how to cut usage on an unprecedented scale.
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