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Related: Coming to a farm near you: Los Angeles In this issue of High Country News, Matt Jenkins dives into the murky world of L.A.’s water system; Colorado River states reach landmark agreement The seven states of the Colorado River Basin have come to a groundbreaking agreement that, among other things, will allow cities such as Las Vegas to lease water from out-of-state farms during times of drought; Squeezing Water from a Stone With only a tiny share of the Colorado River available to it, Las Vegas decides to get the water it needs from elsewhere in the state – underneath the rural high-desert Basin and Range country; Arizona returns to the desert Rampant growth in the Phoenix area and a severe drought on the Colorado River challenge Arizona's water sustainability.; The New Water Czars In Arizona, a historic water deal could give the tiny, impoverished Gila River Indian Community a path back to its farming roots – and turn it into one of the West’s next big power brokers

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The HCN Wire Our Editor's picks from around the West: Lessons From Oil Industry May Help Address Groundwater Crisis; More Oversight Sought for Hydraulic Fracturing - NYTimes.com; California's higher-ed debacle -- LA Times; The Halliburton Loophole - NYTimes.com; More

More from Water: The Delta Blues California’s Water Buffaloes appear poised for another water grab; The diplomacy of water Norris Hundley's magisterial Water in the West is back in print to enlighten readers about water politics, especially the Colorado River Compact.; Well hell, continued Drinking water wells in the Lower Yakima Valley pump "toilet bowl" water. Ick.; All Water

Related Keywords: Metropolitan Water District of Southern California; L.A. water supply; Colorado River; Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta; drought

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