SALT LAKE CITY — 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 presented the Trump administration with a "conceptual agreement" by the Nov. 11 deadline set by the U.S. Department of the Interior. 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. That was achieved yesterday," Shawcroft said. "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 a

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