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Nevada files lawsuit challenging federal plan for Colorado River revival
California, Arizona and Nevada face about 20% cut to water supply over two years under Trump administration plan Nevada filed a federal lawsuit on Monday challenging the Trump administration’s new plan for the imperiled Colorado River , launching what could become the first of many court battles over the waterway that supplies 40 million people, dozens of tribes and 5.5m acres of farm land across the American west. The federal plan, issued on Friday, cut roughly 20% from the water supplied to…
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