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The Colorado River gets a lot of attention, but it鈥檚 not the only multi-state river that starts in Colorado. And it鈥檚 definitely not the only one facing a water shortage. On the eastern side of the continental divide is the Republican River. It flows through the cropland of Yuma County and feeds into Kansas and Nebraska. In the first of a three-part series, KUNC explores the economic and environmental challenges the Republican River basin faces.

Earlier this year, Arizona -- one of seven southwestern states that rely on the Colorado River -- was in the midst of a heated discussion about鈥�

Music is blaring and grills are firing up at a parking lot awash in navy blue and orange outside Empower Field at Mile High Stadium in Denver.Todd鈥�

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Jose Alvarez, a supervisor at R. H. Dupper Landscaping, stood up from changing a sprinkler nozzle on a large grassy field at a homeowner鈥檚 association in鈥�

Tucson, Arizona used to be a city of lawns. Patches of Bermuda grass lined residential neighborhoods, kept green 鈥� even in blazing summer months 鈥� with鈥�

Throughout the Western U.S., water conservation is in the toilet.And that鈥檚 a good thing.Since the 1990s, a strange phenomenon has played out in arid鈥�

Between growing populations and changing climate conditions, our water sources are only expected to get more crunched. Communities in some very dry states鈥�