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Utah and six other states face a Nov. 11 deadline for a new water plan to manage the Colorado River.

A failure to agree could lead to federal intervention; the current agreement ends next year.

States debate mandatory cuts, while Utah is investing in water management tools amid climate concerns.

HITE, San Juan County — Utah and six other states along the Colorado River are pushing up against a deadline to figure out as a group how to manage the river and its reservoirs.

If they can't reach an agreement by Nov. 11, the federal government is set to intervene and make its own plan. The existing agreement expires at the end of next year.

"There's still hope," Marc Stilson, principal engineer for the Colorado River Authority of Utah, said Th

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