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The Drying West: Navajo Water
A dry wind blows dust across the high-desert plateau, smoke from wildfires in Arizona and California shrouding the nearby rim of the Grand Canyon.
The summer monsoon rains have failed again, and stock ponds meant to collect rainwater for the hot summer months are dry.
The Navajo Nation – covering a 27,000 square mile area straddling the U.S. states of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah -- competes with growing cities including Phoenix and Los Angeles for its water supply.
And as climate change dries out the U.S. West, that supply is becoming increasingly precarious.
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