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EXPLAINER: Western states face first federal water cuts

by Suman Naishadham
| August 18, 2021 12:03 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials on Monday declared the first-ever water shortage from a river that serves 40 million people in the West, triggering cuts to some Arizona farmers next year amid a gripping drought.

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