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COPYRIGHT 2005 Las Vegas Review-Journal
BYLINE: HENRY BREAN, REVIEW-JOURNAL
The seven Western states that depend on water from the Colorado River will not have a drought management proposal in hand by the Friday deadline set by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Nevada's top water official said.
No such proposal has been developed and representatives from the seven states are not slated to meet again until next week, said Pat Mulroy, general manager of the Southern Nevada Water Authority.
"I don't think we are any closer than we were," Mulroy said. "I think we're going to need more time."
In December, Deputy Interior Secretary Steven Griles called on the states...
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