Stressed Colorado River Keeps Desert Farms Alive
But even California may be forced to give something up in the coming years.
Source: manufacturing.net
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But even California may be forced to give something up in the coming years.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- When Don Cox was looking for a reliable place to build a family farm in the 1950s, he settled on California's Imperial Valley.
If the Colorado River were to become unusable, Southern California would lose one-third of its water supply. And vast swaths of farmland in the state’s southeastern desert would go unplanted.
But even California may be forced to give something up in the coming years.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — When Don Cox was looking for a reliable place to build a...