U.S. West Leaders Compare Water Crisis to Meteor Threat as Conservation Plan Unveiled

The mayor of this desert city likens the U.S. West’s water crisis to planning for a meteor. ‘You can see it coming, but you can’t get out of the way’

Under the Bureau of Reclamation’s plan, California, Nevada and Arizona will collectively reduce water use by 1.25 million acre-feet.

By Wufei Yu, Dorany Pineda, The Associated Press