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Biden admin analysis on Colorado River puts pressure on Lower Basin states for cuts

Utah and other upper basin states also use the river but Arizona, California and Nevada are in the lower basin.

(John Locher | AP file photo) A bathtub ring of light minerals shows the high water line of Lake Mead near water intakes on the Arizona side of Hoover Dam at the Lake Mead National Recreation Area Sunday, June 26, 2022, near Boulder City, Nevada. The Biden administration on Tuesday released an environmental analysis of competing plans for how Western states and tribes reliant on the dwindling Colorado River should cut their use. Department of Interior officials planned to discuss the proposals at Hoover Dam on Tuesday, April 11, 2023.