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Hiltzik: The Arizona-Nevada-California water war is heating up, and all three states will end up parched
Arizona and Nevada are claiming their rights to water from the Colorado River, but there simply isn't enough to meet their demands.

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Arizona and Nevada are claiming their rights to water from the Colorado River, but there simply isn't enough to meet their demands.
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According to Los Angeles Times’s source item, Hiltzik: The Arizona-Nevada-California water war is heating up, and all three states will end up parched, Arizona and Nevada are claiming their rights to water from the Colorado River, but there simply isn’t enough to meet their demands.
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