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The Interior Department announced that it will store an additional 321,000 acre-feet of water in Lake Mead — enough to raise the reservoir’s water level by 5 feet — through 2026, extending existing conservation agreements with water users in Arizona and California.
The agreements, which Interior said would build on 18 existing deals with tribal, municipal and agricultural water users, come amid negotiations over a long-term operating plan for the drought-stricken Colorado River. …
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