Briefly: Arizona joins Nevada’s Colorado River lawsuit

High Country News reports that the Arizona Department of Water Resources is intervening and joining Nevada’s federal lawsuit, claiming that the federal government’s Colorado River plan would “devastate Arizona’s economy.” Nevada’s suit, filed in August, argues that the federal plan places a heavier burden on the Lower Basin states.

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