Colorado River states make landmark deal to combat drought crisis.

Arizona, California, and Nevada have agreed to conserve at least 3 million acre-feet of water from the drought-hit Colorado River by 2026, with the help of the Biden Administration. The deal should avert the near-term crisis and put the states on a more sustainable trajectory for water use, but it calls for less conservation than some scientists say is required to stabilize the river after a more than two-decade drought. The agreement also prevents a political predicament for the Biden administration, which would have been forced to enforce cuts unilaterally if the states could not negotiate an agreement amongst themselves.