Briefly: Federal payouts to Colorado River ag water users causing price spikes

Politico reports that millions of dollars in federal payments to growers in the Lower Colorado River Basin for short-term water conservation efforts is driving the price of water higher and will likely make future, long-term water conservation programs more expensive.

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