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Colorado River Basin Water Problems: How To Reduce Their Impact

CED-79-11 Published: May 04, 1979. Publicly Released: May 04, 1979.
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Unless federal, state, and local governments begin to work together, the Colorado River Basin, an area embracing parts of seven southwestern states, will not be able to cope with a probable water shortage soon after the year 2000.

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