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November 18, 2025

We Just Missed a Big Water Policy Deadline. How Screwed Are We?

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We Just Missed a Big Water Policy Deadline. How Screwed Are We?

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Last week, the seven Colorado Rivers basin states, including Nevada, blew through yet another federally-imposed deadline to basically figure our shit out and allocate our dwindling water supply. So what happens now? And does this stalemate mean that Las Vegas is going to run out of water? UNR professor Elizabeth Koebele, who studies the messy politics of the river, tells co-host Dayvid Figler why the states are in Mean Girls mode, and what we can expect going forward.

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