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Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions confirmation hearing for Julie Su to be the Labor Secretary, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, April 20, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Water talks in the Senate

By Pauly Denetclaw
The Animas River flows in Farmington, N.M., on July 22, 2020. The river is a tributary of the San Juan River, part of the Colorado River System. (Anthony Jackson/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)
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Increasing pressures on Colorado River water in New Mexico

By The Associated Press
In this July 31, 2021 photo, a boat cruises along Lake Powell near Page, Ariz. The elevation of Lake Powell fell below 3,525 feet (1,075 meters), a record low that surpasses a critical threshold at which officials have long warned signals their ability to general hydropower is in jeopardy. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
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In Arizona, worry about access to Colorado River water

By The Associated Press
Alyssa Chubbuck, left, and Dan Bennett embrace while watching the sunset at Guano Point overlooking the Colorado River on the Hualapai reservation Monday, Aug. 15, 2022, in northwestern Arizona. In November 1922, seven land-owning white men brokered a deal to allocate water from the Colorado River, which winds through the West and ends in Mexico. During the past two decades, pressure has intensified on the river as the driest 22-year stretch in the past 1,200 years has gripped the southwestern U.S. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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100 years after compact, Colorado River nearing crisis point

By The Associated Press
The Pascua Yaqui Tribe got federal funding for a pipeline that will bring water for irrigation to their lands near Tucson, freeing up much-needed drinking water for tribal members’ homes. Here, a worker reconnects an irrigation line in a 2017 photo from Visalia, Calif. (File photo by Jackie Wang/News21)
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Tribal officials call for ‘critical’ water infrastructure

By Cronkite News
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When states face water cuts

By The Associated Press