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  "path": "/news/31032026/todays-climate-water-use-restrictions-snow-drought-western-us/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-03-31T22:33:48.000Z",
  "site": "https://insideclimatenews.org",
  "tags": [
    "Today's Climate",
    "Climate Change",
    "Colorado River",
    "Extreme Weather",
    "snow drought"
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  "textContent": "Officials were already sounding the alarm bells in early March across the Western United States after a winter with historically low snowpacks, which supplies water for communities as it slowly melts throughout the spring and summer. Then came the heat wave. As I reported last week, a high-pressure system brought early-season heat to the region, […]",
  "title": "Water-Use Restrictions Follow Snow Drought and Heat Wave in the Western U.S."
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