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Water woes affect Indian community

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MAY 21, 2001

The Cucapa Indian village of El Mayor in Mexico are but one the many victims of the wars being fought over water.

The tribe sits on the Colorado River basin, but its days of a plentiful water supply appear to be over. Mexico's National Water Commission diverted the flows of a tributary in order to supply more water to American customers in California.

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Shrinking water reserves (AP 5/21)