Where the Colorado River crisis is hitting home
A reckoning has come for cities and farms in the desert Southwest that were built to rely on the Colorado River.
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A reckoning has come for cities and farms in the desert Southwest that were built to rely on the Colorado River.
A reckoning has come for cities and farms in the desert Southwest that were built to rely on the Colorado River.
A reckoning has come for cities and farms in the desert Southwest that were built to rely on the Colorado River.
A severe drought and declining reservoir levels have prompted the first-ever mandatory cuts to Arizona farmers’ water supply from the Colorado River.
This year, farmers in Pinal County, Arizona, will lose two-thirds of their irrigation water from the Colorado River because of a historic shortage declaration triggered by the driest period in more than 1,000 years. And within two years, they will be completely cut off from the Colorado River. So