Colorado River states face water cuts, struggle for longer-term plans

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Forty million people living in states dependent on water from the Colorado River, the powerhouse of the U.S. West, are staring at an imminent crisis with the federal government expected to announce water cuts.

The Colorado River supplies water to seven Western states, more than two dozen Native American tribes, and two states in Mexico. It also irrigates millions of acres of farmland in the Ame