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But unilateral action by the state would spark a legal battle over water rights whose outcome could not be predicted.
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Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
Going forward, the authors suggested a range of conservation measures, including crop shifting, decreasing municipal and industrial use, and leasing water rights from irrigators.
—Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 7 Jan. 2025
Also in Arizona, Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a historic settlement that would resolve Native American water rights claims on the Colorado River.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
The pilot program has paid water users — mostly farmers and ranchers — in the four states in the Colorado River’s Upper Basin to voluntarily use less river water than their water rights allow.
—Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 23 Jan. 2025
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Dan Walters, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
Going forward, the authors suggested a range of conservation measures, including crop shifting, decreasing municipal and industrial use, and leasing water rights from irrigators.
—Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 7 Jan. 2025
Also in Arizona, Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a historic settlement that would resolve Native American water rights claims on the Colorado River.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
The pilot program has paid water users — mostly farmers and ranchers — in the four states in the Colorado River’s Upper Basin to voluntarily use less river water than their water rights allow.
—Elise Schmelzer, The Denver Post, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Water right.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/water%20right. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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