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Reservoir Hogs
Norton won't reduce water releases from Lake Powell |
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03 May 2005 |
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| Reservoir Hogs Norton won't reduce water releases from Lake Powell Following a year's worth of unsuccessful negotiations between governors of seven parched Western states, Interior Secretary Gale Norton stepped in yesterday to make a decision on how to divvy up the much-coveted water of the Colorado River. A winter of heavy precipitation and subsequent spring thaws have made the debate over how much water to d ... |
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