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California will get $295 million from feds to use less Colorado River water. Here’s why some Utahns aren’t happy.

The federal government is paying the Golden State to use less water, but Utah’s water experts worry the model isn’t sustainable.

(John Locher | AP file photo) A bathtub ring of light minerals shows the high water mark on the shore of Lake Mead along the border of Nevada and Arizona in March 2023. On Wednesday, California agreed to conserve 643,000 acre-feet of Colorado River water in Lake Mead, the largest reservoir in the country.