Utah's chief negotiator over the Colorado River says progress has been made in coming up with a new agreement to manage the water supply for more than 40 million people in the West.

At a news conference on Wednesday, Gene Shawcroft told reporters they had a "conceptual agreement" by the Nov. 11 deadline set by the Trump administration . The current agreements between the seven states along the Colorado River expire in 2026.

"The Nov. 11 deadline, if you will, was more of a milestone for us to have conceptual agreement on a framework," Shawcroft said. "That was achieved yesterday. So what we will do is we will continue to meet on a regular basis until we get to the framework solution. The details, if you will, have to be accomplished by the about the middle of February. But we did not m

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