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Water leaders in Arizona, Nevada, California agree to reduce reliance on Colorado River

Water leaders in Arizona, Nevada and California signed an agreement Wednesday to voluntarily reduce their take from the Colorado River to help stave off mandatory cuts in the upcoming years.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd talks with KUNC reporter Alex Hager about the agreement.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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