PHOENIX (AP) — Colorado and other upstream states aren't doing enough to commit to sharing and conserving water in the Colorado River system , Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs said Wednesday as seven-state talks on managing the critical supply blew past a Trump administration deadline with no deal.

“Not only do they refuse to commit to any water use reductions, they tell our negotiators that it is too complicated and impossible for them to reduce water use. And I have a really hard time believing that,” Hobbs said at a news conference in Yuma.

The remarks suggested that the upstream states — Colorado, Wyoming, Utah and New Mexico — and the downstream states — Arizona, California and Nevada — have a ways to go before agreeing on how to manage the river. The dwindling supply of water now serves

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