Arizona faces Colorado River water cuts
The US state of Arizona will have its allocation of water from the Colorado river slashed by 21% next year.
The Colorado supplies seven US states, along with Mexico, but the historic drought in the US south-west has now forced this pre-agreed reduction to come in to force.
Yet the federal government is warning that more cuts in water-use need to be negotiated.
Tom Buschatzke is the director of the Arizona Department of Water Resources and he told Newshour's Tim Franks what he makes of the reduction.
(Photo shows the Arizona-California border on the Colorado River near Needles. Credit: Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
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