Colorado River states fail to meet another federal deadline for a deal as disastrous reservoir levels loom

“We’re being asked to solve a problem we didn’t create with water we don’t have,” Colorado’s negotiator, Becky Mitchell, said about Lower Basin states’ demands.

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