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Arizona joins Nevada in lawsuit over Colorado River cuts
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SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Arizona is joining Nevada in a lawsuit challenging federally imposed cuts to Colorado River allotments. The two Lower Basin states claim the cuts would significantly impact their economies.
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Arizona is joining Nevada in the fight over Colorado River water, court documents filed on Friday show. Gov. Joe Lombardo called the action an important step.
Arizona has joined Nevada in suing the federal government to block cuts to the Lower Basin’s Colorado River water supply, Gov. Katie Hobbs announced Friday. The post Arizona joins Nevada lawsuit to block federally imposed Colorado River cuts first appeared on Arizona Capitol Times .
Arizona is joining Nevada's legal challenge to the federal government's new Colorado River rules, adding the state facing the deepest near-term cuts to the fight over how federally mandated cuts are divided among the seven basin states.
Arizona and Nevada say the federal government failed to hold upper basin states accountable for delivering water legally owed to those on the lower basin.
The Arizona Department of Water Resources announced Friday the state filed a motion to intervene in the Nevada lawsuit challenging the recent federal decision governing water allocation from the Colorado River.
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Arizona is joining Nevada in a lawsuit challenging federally imposed cuts to Colorado River allotments. The two Lower Basin states claim the cuts would significantly impact their economies.
Move comes after Trump administration announced restrictions that could slash water supplies Arizona has joined Nevada in its legal battle against the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to their shares of the shrinking Colorado River.
