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Interior Department finalizes Colorado River plan, prescribes minimum water level for Lake Powell

By ABC 4 · August 21, 2026 · 1 min read
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The U.S. Department of the Interior announced that it has finalized plans for the 2027-2028 Colorado River Operations, and Utah is not one of the states seeing major water cuts.

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