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California did not sign on to a proposal from six other states.
The seven states have until late January to agree on massive water conservation measures or the feds say they’ll impose cuts.
It’s been almost two months since the basin states blew past a federal deadline to negotiate major water conservation.
On of the state’s major sources of water, the Colorado River, has fallen to historic lows.
Several states in the West had 60 days to figure something out, and the government hasn’t offered much guidance.
The seven states can’t agree on who should make cuts where. Now the federal government might make those choices for them.
“This is scary stuff,” one researcher tells us.
